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Researchers at VIB-KU Leuven have managed to get a clearer view on the roots of dystonia, a neurological disorder that causes involuntary twisting movements. Led...

New research supports the removal of drug use as a restriction to hepatitis C treatment

New, highly curative hepatitis C therapy is both safe and effective as a treatment option for people who inject drugs receiving opioid substitution therapy according...

Where there’s smoke — and a mutation — there may be an evolutionary edge for humans

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A genetic mutation may have helped modern humans adapt to smoke exposure from fires and perhaps sparked an evolutionary advantage over...

UH researchers are pioneering tools for heart regeneration

Credit: Courtesy of Yu Liu HOUSTON, Aug. 8, 2016 – Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death in the U.S. With one in every...

Study may lead to better breast cancer drugs

Biomedical scientists have revealed the inner workings of a group of proteins that help to switch critical genes on and off during blood-cell production, in...

How to engineer a stronger immune system

Photo Credit: Elisabeth Fall SAN FRANCISCO, CA–With a trick of engineering, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes improved a potential weapon against inflammation and autoimmune disorders....

Unsafe levels of toxic chemicals found in drinking water for 6 million Americans

Boston, MA – Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems–polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)–exceed federally recommended...

Cascade of events leading to prion disease described

Philadelphia, PA, August 9, 2016 – Prion diseases are deadly neurodegenerative disorders in humans and animals that are characterized by misfolded forms of prion protein...

HIV is not a super-spreader of drug-resistant tuberculosis

While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic fuels tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, it does not drive the development and transmission of multidrug-resistance in TB patients as...

Discovery could help treatments for sickle cell disease

An interdisciplinary, international group of researchers has found new biophysical markers that could help improve the understanding of treatments for sickle cell disease, a step...

Scientific serendipity yields new neuron type in mouse retina

In the retina of mice, a new type of neuron that falls outside century-old classifications has been discovered. Neurons are nerve cells involved in receiving...

Study finds brain connections key to reading

A new study from MIT reveals that a brain region dedicated to reading has connections for that skill even before children learn to read. By...

New drug class gives hope for better treatments for incurable myeloma

Australian researchers have discovered that a new class of anti-cancer agents may be effective in treating multiple myeloma, an incurable bone marrow cancer. The research...

Studies bolster evidence that insurance status affects cancer patients’ health outcomes

Two new studies indicate that health insurance status may impact patients’ health outcomes following a diagnosis of cancer. Cancer patients who were uninsured or had...

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