Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

New strain of bird flu confirmed in US

A new strain of bird flu has been confirmed at a duck farm in California, the first time the variant has been discovered in poultry in the United States, an international agency said.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Study uncovers new link between infections and heart failure

People hospitalized for infections—almost any infections—are at substantially increased risk years later for heart failure, according to collaborative research by the University of Minnesota and Mayo Clinic.

Genetics

Human 'domainome' reveals root cause of heritable disease

Most mutations which cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, according to a massive study of human protein variants published in the journal Nature. Unstable proteins ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Next-generation COVID-19 vaccine presents promising results in mice

Studies conducted in mice have shown that the COVID-19 vaccine being developed by researchers at the University of São Paulo's Medical School (FM-USP) in Brazil is safe and efficacious. The vaccine triggered a satisfactory ...

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