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Race against time in Congo: WHO to hold emergency Ebola meeting

May 18, 2018
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to a major city Mbandaka, with a population of about 1 million people officials said.

New study raises hopes for patients with acute myeloid leukemia

May 18, 2018
Researchers from the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York have discovered that a signaling protein elevated in patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML) plays a much wider role in the disease than previously thought.

First-ever WHO list of essential diagnostic tests

May 17, 2018
Today, many people are unable to get tested for diseases because they cannot access diagnostic services.

Ebola case confirmed in urban area in Congo

May 17, 2018
One new case of Ebola virus disease (EVD) has been confirmed in Wangata, one of the three health zones of Mbandaka, a city of nearly 1.2 million people in Equateur Province in northwestern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sexually transmitted diseases continue to spread in Denmark

May 16, 2018
Increasing numbers people in Denmark are catching sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as chlamydia, syphilis and gonorrhoea.

WHO calls for worldwide ban on trans-fat

May 16, 2018
The World Health Organization (WTO) has called for elimination of industrially-produced trans-fatty acid from the global food supply by 2023.

Hepatitis B is in Europe for at least 7,000 years

May 15, 2018
An international team of scientists led by researchers at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History and the University of Kiel has successfully reconstructed genomes from Stone Age and Medieval European strains of the hepatitis B virus.

Efficacy of new drug for Rett Syndrome

May 15, 2018
A new article published in the Cell Reports describes how a new drug is able to reduce the symptoms and activate the dormant neurons characteristic of Rett Syndrome in preclinical models.

Genome surgery for eye disease moves closer to reality

May 14, 2018
Researchers from Columbia University have developed a new technique for the powerful gene editing tool CRISPR to restore retinal function in mice afflicted by a degenerative retinal disease, retinitis pigmentosa.

Neuroscientists find first evidence animals can mentally replay past events

May 14, 2018
Neuroscientists at Indiana University have reported the first evidence that non-human animals can mentally replay past events from memory.

Tanzania on full alert over Ebola outbreak in Congo

May 11, 2018
Tanzania issued an alert following an outbreak of the Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

Dutch scientists suggest new therapy for drug-resistant cancer

May 11, 2018
A team of cancer researchers managed to exploit a vulnerability in melanoma that has developed resistance to a targeted therapy, providing a potential new therapeutic strategy to selectively kill the drug-resistant cancer cells.
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