Chagas disease affects approximately 6 million people only in Latin America and is one of the leading causes of death in this region. This infectious disease, also called American trypanosomiasis, is caused by the parasite ...
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Mass General researchers have discovered a novel molecular mechanism responsible for the most common forms of acquired hydrocephalus, potentially opening the door to the first-ever nonsurgical treatment for a life-threatening ...
Mar 8, 2023
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When it comes to chronic infections and cancer, a particular type of immune cell plays a central role in our defenses. Researchers at the University of Basel have uncovered the key to the tenacity of these immune cells in ...
Mar 6, 2023
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A global team of researchers has created an algorithmic tool that can identify existing drugs in order to combat future pandemics. The work, reported in the Cell Press journal Heliyon, offers the possibility of responding ...
Mar 6, 2023
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A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School details the step-by-step cascade that allows bacteria to break through the brain's protective layers—the meninges—and cause brain infection, or meningitis, a highly ...
Mar 1, 2023
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Preclinical trials have shown that zika virus can inhibit the spread of prostate cancer, suggesting its potential use in treating the disease. However, a new study by researchers at the State University of Campinas (UNICAMP) ...
Mar 1, 2023
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For the first time in humans, a research team has shown that, as early as the first days of infection, HIV is able to create reservoirs where it will hide and persist during antiretroviral therapy.
Feb 28, 2023
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An international team of medical scientists has found more evidence of infections in pregnant women raising the risk of leukemia developing in babies. In their paper published in JAMA Network Open, the group analyzed data ...
A man who underwent a stem cell transplant to treat his cancer is showing "strong evidence" that the procedure also cured him of HIV—the latest in a handful of cases doctors have reported.
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An international study led by researchers from the Infection Biology Laboratory at the UPF Department of Medicine and Life Sciences (MELIS) establishes that one type of dendritic cell is crucial for the success of immunotherapeutic ...
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