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Proof-of-concept study reveals feasibility of eliminating rabies in Africa

February 27, 2018
The Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, together with European and African collaborators including the Institut Pasteur in Paris, carried out a mass dog vaccination in Chad and determined its effect on human rabies exposure.

Artificial eye automatically stretches

February 26, 2018
Inspired by the human eye, researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) have developed an adaptive metalens, that is essentially a flat, electronically controlled artificial eye.

Fragile X syndrome neurons restored

February 26, 2018
Fragile X syndrome is the most frequent cause of intellectual disability in males, affecting 1 out of 3600 boys born.

Australia to offer free flu vaccinations to kids after thousands of hospitalisations

February 24, 2018
Toddlers in the Australian state of Victoria will be offered free influenza vaccinations following a severe 2017 flu season.

New York Governor extends emergency order to promote vaccination

February 23, 2018
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced the extension of an emergency executive order which allows pharmacists to administer flu vaccines to children ages 2 to 18.

British doctors: Pregnant women should avoid animals that are giving birth

February 23, 2018
Pregnant women who come into close contact with sheep during lambing or other farm animals that are giving birth, may put themselves and their unborn child at risk of contracting an infectious disease sometimes carried by these pregnant farm animals.

New important immune system regulator discovered

February 23, 2018
Academy Professor Riitta Lahesmaa\'s research group from Turku Centre for Biotechnology of the University of Turku and Ã…bo Akademi University, Finland, has discovered a new regulator of the immune system, a key factor that controls development of regulatory T cells.

Researchers adapt HIV test in developing rapid diagnostic test for Zika virus

February 23, 2018
Researchers at New York University College of Dentistry (NYU Dentistry), in collaboration with Rheonix of Ithaca, N.Y., are developing a novel test for Zika virus that uses saliva to identify diagnostic markers of the virus in a fraction of the time of current commercial tests.

Commonly prescribed medication linked to stroke

February 22, 2018
Medication routinely prescribed for common complaints including allergies, heart disease and Parkinson\'s has been linked to an increased risk of stroke according to new research from the University of Aberdeen.

Zika virus could help combat brain cancer

February 22, 2018
Zika virus could be an alternative for treatment of glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive kind of malignant brain tumor in adults.

Unexpected discovery about essential enzyme

February 22, 2018
The enzyme that produces DNA building blocks plays an important role when cells divide.

MicroRNA could help treat cancer and asthma

February 21, 2018
A microRNA that regulates inflammation shows promise as a treatment for inflammatory diseases such as asthma and cancer, according to research published in Cell Reports.