A trial of a new vaccine against meningococcal disease, a cause of meningitis and blood poisoning, has found that it is safe and induces a strong immune response across five strains of meningococcal bacteria: A, C, W, Y and ...
May 24, 2023
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The Alzheimer's Association is stepping up public pressure on the Biden administration, hoping to convince the government to pay for a new class of promising but expensive Alzheimer's drugs.
May 18, 2023
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Economic growth alone may not be enough to deliver the internationally agreed target to end human deaths from dog-mediated rabies, according to new research from the University of Surrey. The study identifies that targeting ...
Apr 20, 2023
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As a deadly disease that people can catch from ticks moves across the continent, the EU is seeking new tests and a vaccine for the infection.
Apr 14, 2023
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In 2012, Michael Cruz exercised a lot. Four years into a 15-year prison sentence, this was one of the only things he had, he says, until he noticed a numb, tingling sensation in one of his toes while working out. At first, ...
Mar 21, 2023
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Pulmonary fibrosis is a devastating disease characterized by progressive scarring in the lungs, killing up to half of patients within five years of a diagnosis. Little is known about whether there are differences in how the ...
Mar 10, 2023
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Pancreatic cancer is an incurable form of cancer, and gene therapies are currently in clinical testing to treat this deadly disease. A comprehensive review of the gene and cell biotherapies in development to combat pancreatic ...
Mar 6, 2023
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Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have uncovered a previously unrecognized relationship between two sets of proteins that operate in tandem to fend off the growth of pancreatic cancer. The findings could provide pivotal ...
Mar 1, 2023
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More women, even those at low risk for ovarian cancer, who have finished having children should have their fallopian tubes removed as a precaution to prevent the deadly disease, a leading research group has advised.
Feb 1, 2023
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A novel peptide designed by University of California, Irvine researchers has been found to suppress the damaging lung inflammation seen in acute respiratory distress syndrome, or ARDS. The study, which appears in iScience, ...
Jan 17, 2023
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