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Through studying humans who have been infected with the dengue virus, scientists have pinpointed the region on the virus that is neutralized in those who beat the... Read More »
Scientists have developed a new tool, endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO), to diagnose tuberculosis (TB). Up to 30 percent of the world’s population ... Read More »
Researchers at the Nottingham Digestive Diseaeses Centre NIHR Biomedical Research Unit compared the safety and efficacy of antibiotic therapy as an initial treatment... Read More »
Research at Monash University has showed that a protein complex called the Translocation and Assembly Module (TAM), forms a molecular pump in bacteria that... Read More »
The Consultative Expert Working Group on Research and Development: Financing and Coordination (CEWG) of the World Health Organization (WHO) called for increased... Read More »
Here are the top medical headlines of the week!
Gene sequencing may not actually be useful in determining health risks
Over the past several years the world... Read More »
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have developed a ‘gene chip’ to contribute to the identification of malaria drug resistance, an effort that... Read More »
Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute discovered antibodies that can prevent infection from strains of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by attaching to sites on the... Read More »
Insights into how the first vaccine ever reported to modestly prevent HIV infection might have worked were published online today in the New England Journal of... Read More »
The National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity (NSABB) has reversed its decision on censoring research on the altered H5N1 avian flu virus. The NSABB spent... Read More »
A drug candidate that has shown promise for neutralizing dangerous bacteria also prevents the parasite that causes malaria from growing, new research by a Yale... Read More »
A new study shows that women who have been infected by two different strains of HIV from two different sexual partners -- a condition known as HIV superinfection --... Read More »
The H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009 underscored weaknesses in methods to diagnose the flu, from frequent false negatives to long wait times for results. Now a four-year... Read More »
Top scientific experts have published a global plan of action for developing critical vaccines to eliminate tuberculosis (TB). Published in a special issue of the... Read More »
Due to its deadly nature and near invulnerability, the fear of anthrax being used in a terrorist attack is quite high; however, scientists have developed a new... Read More »
Most of us have turned to the Internet when we’ve felt under the weather at one point or another. We Google our symptoms to self-diagnose and sometimes we even... Read More »
A new research report shows why the development of treatments for HIV has been so difficult. The report explains how Jack da Silva, author of the study, used computer ... Read More »
The number of people who died from gastroenteritis (inflammation of the stomach and intestines that causes vomiting and diarrhea) more than doubled from 1999 to 2007, ... Read More »
Results from a study released today show that HIV rates among African American women are much higher than previous estimates. The HPTN 064 Women's HIV... Read More »
Chemists at The University of Texas at Austin have developed a 3-D paper sensor that may be able to test for diseases such as malaria and HIV for less than 10 cents a ... Read More »