The measles virus is known to cast a deadly shadow upon children by temporarily suppressing their immune systems. While this vulnerability was previously thought to have lasted a month or two, a new study shows that children ...
May 7, 2015
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University of South Florida scientists have identified a group of compounds with the potential for beneficial effects on the cardiovascular system and small vessel disease while researching grape seed extracts discovered ...
Mar 25, 2015
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The largest genetic study of tuberculosis (TB) susceptibility to date has led to a potentially important new insight into how the pathogen manages to evade the immune system. Published today in the journal Nature Genetics, ...
Mar 16, 2015
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Changing the shape of breast cancer cells could make the disease more sensitive to treatments - even driving the body's own inflammatory response against a tumour - a new study shows.
Mar 4, 2015
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The mantra in obesity treatment is 'eat less and move more'. But a leading group of obesity experts writing in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology question the belief that this is sufficient to treat obesity. They argue that ...
Feb 12, 2015
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Research from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology has revealed that development of the respiratory system in fruit flies is controlled by a regulatory enzyme that is manufactured in the fat body—the fly's equivalent ...
Jan 16, 2015
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Researchers in the United States have identified a molecular network that comprises many of the genes previously shown to contribute to autism spectrum disorders. The findings provide a map of some of the crucial protein ...
Dec 30, 2014
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A new hybrid vehicle is under development. Its performance isn't measured by the distance it travels, but rather the delivery of its cargo: vaccines that contain genetically engineered DNA to fight HIV, cancer, influenza ...
Nov 25, 2014
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How does understanding the basics of what goes on in our tissues during normal development help us explain the causes and progression of diseases such as cancer? While attending a Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics ...
Nov 19, 2014
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Most cancer deaths occur because of metastasis, yet progress in preventing and treating migratory cancer cells has been slow.
Nov 6, 2014
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