Medicine & Health

The last case of smallpox worldwide occurred in Somalia in October 1977. In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared...

The master regulator behind the development of antibody-producing cells has been identified in a study by investigators at Weill Cornell...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 23, 2021) –  Mathematical constructions of the action of SARS-CoV-2 and its multiple spikes, which enable its success...

Yi “Edwin” Sun, a Ph.D. candidate in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and member of...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – Mucus is an essential protective layer of gel-like liquid composed largely of proteins called mucins throughout...

Dietary restriction is arguably the most promising non-genetic method of extending lifespan and healthspan in many model organisms, including mammals....

To break down toxic proteins more quickly, immune cells in the brain can join together to form networks when needed....

Philadelphia, September 22, 2021 – Is increased human visitation to backcountry areas impacting water quality? Investigators analyzed water samples from a...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will renew three awards totaling $73.2 million over five years to continue building the...

AMES, Iowa – The researchers’ original task was to figure out how certain polymer nanomaterials provided for a low-inflammatory immune...

University of Delaware materials scientist Xinqiao Jia has received a combined $4.85 million in funding from the National Institutes of...

The consequences are dire for the health of a premature baby — too much oxygen can cause blindness, and too...

Tokyo, Japan – It’s well known that obesity is linked to the development of numerous diseases in humans. Heart disease,...

A common antibiotic has been found to reduce low birth weight and premature births, if taken during pregnancy, in countries...

A simple but revolutionary approach to early Alzheimer’s diagnosis is being pioneered by researchers through an initiative that could pave...

DETROIT – The Biopsychosocial Health lab from Wayne State University has been awarded $3,590,488 from the National Heart, Lung and...

Over the past 40 years, people in the U.S. diagnosed with cancer gained 14 million years of additional life thanks...

Lugano, Switzerland, 18 September 2021 – The addition of immunotherapy to standard first-line treatment extends survival by eight months for patients with recurrent, persistent or metastatic cervical cancer, according to late breaking results from the KEYNOTE-826...

Sept. 15, 2021─ A new study published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society provides the most exhaustive...

Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have revealed how the tumor suppressor gene PTEN plays a more important role...