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December 7, 2018
A set of emerging diagnostic tools may help identify breast cancer patients who are most likely to benefit from therapies that target important enzymes fueling a range of subtypes, including BCRA-mutated and triple negative cancers.
December 6, 2018
Seasonal influenza vaccines are typically less than 50 percent effective, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studies. Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, published this week in Nature Immunology, may point a path to more effective vaccines.
December 5, 2018
The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland School of Medicine (UMSOM) announced today the discovery that DnaK, a protein of the bacterium mycoplasma, interferes with the mycoplasma-infected cell\'s ability to respond to and repair DNA damage, a known origin of cancer.
December 4, 2018
Ireland has one of the highest rates of type 1 childhood diabetes in Europe, according to new research.
December 4, 2018
Reported measles cases spiked in 2017, as multiple countries experienced severe and protracted outbreaks of the disease.
December 3, 2018
The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that a randomized control trial has begun to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of drugs used in the treatment of Ebola patients.
December 1, 2018
A disease centuries old appears again and it appears in one of the most developed countries. The Southern U.S. is hit by typhus and it seems it has a good chance to spread widely. But why?
November 30, 2018
A cellular culprit as well as a possible treatment for a common, sometimes life-threating post-surgical complication has been identified by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
November 30, 2018
The Ebola epidemic affecting the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri is close to becoming the second deadliest in the history of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
November 29, 2018
The prevalence of metabolic health in American adults is \'alarmingly low,\' even among people who are normal weight, according to a new study from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill\'s Gillings School of Global Public Health.
November 29, 2018
Flu vaccinations at all public hospitals and outpatient clinics in Hong Kong have been suspended with immediate effect after flaws were reportedly detected in a batch of imported vaccines.
November 28, 2018
Parents who force unremorseful kids to apologize to others before they\'re truly sorry may do more harm than good, a study of the University of Michigan (UM) showed.