Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Experts develop immune-enhancing therapies to target tuberculosis

Experts are working on novel immune-enhancing therapies called host-directed therapies to use the body's own immune system to target tuberculosis, with hopes that they could tackle even the drug-resistant forms of the disease. ...

Genetics

Gene discovered that can protect against severe muscle disease

A specific gene may play a key role in new treatments that prevent muscle in the body from breaking down in serious muscle diseases, or muscular dystrophies. This is shown in a new study carried out at UmeƄ University, Sweden, ...

Genetics

Developing deep learning models to understand the human genome

Northwestern Medicine scientists have developed a deep learning algorithm capable of identifying the location where a genetic process called polyadenylation occurs on the genome, according to findings published in Nature ...

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