Prion diseases are slow degenerative brain diseases that occur in people and various other mammals. No vaccines or treatments are
Microglia are key defenders against prion diseases
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Plug-and-play diagnostic devices: Modular blocks could enable labs around the world to cheaply and easily build their own diagnostics
Researchers at MIT’s Little Devices Lab have developed a set of modular blocks that can be put together in different
Beyond killing tuberculosis: How can we tolerate an infection without eliminating a pathogen?
Historically, our view of host defense against infection was that we must eliminate pathogens to eradicate disease. However, this perspective
Chemical octopus catches sneaky cancer clues, trace glycoproteins
Cancer drops sparse chemical hints of its presence early on, but unfortunately, many of them are in a class of
Cardiac arrhythmias: Expression of connexin 43 in infarct scar cuts cardiac arrhythmias after heart attack
Life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias often occur after a heart attack, as the scar tissue can interfere with the spread of electrical
Ophthalmologists link immunotherapy with a serious eye condition: Immunotherapy cancer drugs can cause a potentially vision-robbing side effect
New immunotherapy treatments offer a remarkable chance for survival for patients with advanced melanoma and hard-to-treat cancers of the bladder,
Placental ALLO levels rise during pregnancy and peak as fetuses approach full term: Study is largest neonatal sample to date in which multiple steroid hormones were measured
Just as a runner steadily builds up endurance in order to peak at just the right time, the placenta carefully
Bowel disease study points to new therapies for lifelong conditions
Treatments for incurable bowel conditions may be a step closer following the discovery of a key molecule associated with disease
Whooping cough more widespread than previously known
New research from Public Health Ontario (PHO) and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) suggests that whooping cough cases
Precise targeting technique could regulate gut bacteria, curtailing disease
Emerging evidence suggests that microbes in the digestive system have a big influence on human health and may play a