Archive: 11/05/2015
Breaking through the blood-brain barrier
The bacteria that sneak past the brain's defenses to cause deadly bacterial meningitis are clever adversaries. Brandon Kim would know. The biology graduate student at San Diego State University investigates the molecular ...
May 11, 2015
80 percent of cervical cancers found to be preventable with latest 9-valent HPV vaccine
The new 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine, can potentially prevent 80 percent of cervical cancers in the United States, if given to all 11- or 12-year-old children before they are exposed to the virus.
May 11, 2015
Study shows increased cardiorespiratory fitness may delay onset of high cholesterol
Men who have higher levels of cardiorespiratory fitness may delay by up to 15 years increases in blood cholesterol levels that commonly occur with aging, according to new research published today in the Journal of the American ...
May 11, 2015
Global health leaders call for global biomedical R&D fund, mechanism
In advance of this month's World Health Assembly and the G7 summit in June, world leaders should consider the establishment of a global biomedical research and development fund and a mechanism to address the dearth in innovation ...
May 11, 2015