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Scientists have discovered an Achilles heel within our cells that bacteria are able to exploit to cause and spread infection. The researchers say their findings could ... Read More »
Researchers from the UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA have created a crowd-sourced online... Read More »
A controversial study of the H5N1 bird flu virus has been published today in the journal Nature. The study, and similar one that will be published in Science, sparked ... Read More »
A new study has proven the long-term success of treating HIV patients with genetically modified T cells. Patients who received infusions of their own T cells, which... Read More »
An international research team led by University of California, Davis has found that the World Health Organization's recommendation to flash-heat... Read More »
Researchers from University of California, Davis demonstrated the safety and efficacy of transplanting anti-HIV stem cells into mouse models in a new study. The... Read More »
In a newly published report, researchers at Loyola University Medical Center tackle the complexities of diagnosing and managing depression before and after... Read More »
The Lancet recently published new results from the Breastfeeding, Antiretrovirals, and Nutrition (BAN) trial conducted between 2004 and 2010 in Malawi. The current... Read More »
In a paper published today, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno report that male pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic tetracycline suffer... Read More »
Researchers at the A*STAR Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences have developed a new type of bone cement for use in hip and knee replacement surgeries that is... Read More »
Scientists from the National Institutes of Health, together with colleagues in China, have identified the Staphylococcus aureus gene (sasX) as playing a pivotal role... Read More »
Researchers from the University of Edinburgh found antibodies that could treat malaria by targeting a key protein that exists in severe or life-threatening cases of... Read More »
Stanford University researchers have published a study on the cost effectiveness of a once-daily drug in reducing the risk of HIV infection through a prevention... Read More »
Researchers at Wistar Institute and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, with global collaborators, introduce a new "prediction-based classification"... Read More »
Gerry Wright of McMaster University and Hazel Barton of University of Akron have discovered isolated, antibiotic resistant bacteria from Lechuguilla Cave in New... Read More »
Researchers from University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and a joint research venture by the US Army and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious... Read More »
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Jackie KellyThanks for this article. So nice to have an examination of the complexities of fighting this disease.
Apr 15, 2012
Researchers, led by Dr. Stephan Schwander, at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-School of Public Health, has determined a possible link between... Read More »
Resistant malaria spreads as research funding challenges continue
Resistant malaria strains have recently been reported in Cambodia, Thailand and parts of... Read More »
A research team from UCLA has demonstrated that stem cells that were genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells can attack HIV cells in living organisms... Read More »
More than 650,000 people die of malaria every year, mostly in developing countries. Thanks to measures prevent mosquito bites and the development of new drugs... Read More »