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Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute and collaborators at the Medical School of Hannover in Germany recently discovered how the botulinum... Read More »

The immune system protects us from infections by detecting and eliminating invading pathogens. These two strategies form the basis of conventional clinical approaches ... Read More »

It seems everywhere you turn minimally invasive medicine is making an impact. "We see it in general surgery, urology, gynecology and cardiovascular surgery," ... Read More »

A discovery reported in the March 1st issue of the journal Nature, uncovers the first molecular evidence linking the body’s natural circadian rhythms to sudden... Read More »

Scientists used a new technology to sift through the world’s largest remaining pool of potential antibiotics and discovered two new antibiotics that work... Read More »

An experimental obesity drug from Vivus Inc won the backing of a U.S. advisory panel on Wednesday, raising hopes regulators would approve a weight-loss pill for the... Read More »

When aortic walls buckle, the body's main blood pipe forms an ever-growing bulge. To thwart a deadly rupture, a team of Stanford University School of Medicine... Read More »

While RNA is an appealing drug target, small molecules that can actually affect its function have rarely been found. But now scientists from the Florida campus of The ... Read More »

Investigators from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center (VICC) and 12 other centers in the United States and Australia have found that a new drug for patients with... Read More »

New research shows that women, particularly younger women, are less likely to experience chest pain when having a heart attack. Additionally, women also have a higher... Read More »

Researchers at the University of Copenhagen have produced a new chemical compound for the possible treatment of brain damage caused by stroke. The compound binds... Read More »

A surprising set of cells may hold potential for aiding nerve transplants in patients who have severe nerve damage -- the type of wound often caused by gunshots... Read More »

The ability to anticipate future events allows us to plan and exert control over our lives, but it may also contribute to stress-related increased risk for the... Read More »

Among heart attack patients, women are more likely than men to present to a hospital without chest pain and also have a higher rate of in-hospital death following a... Read More »

Researchers with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found new evidence to explain how cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) mediates... Read More »

A leaky gut may be the root of some cancers forming in the rest of the body, a new study published online Feb. 21 in PLoS ONE by Thomas Jefferson University... Read More »

When first exposed to cocaine, the adolescent brain launches a strong defensive reaction designed to minimize the drug’s effects. Now two new studies by a Yale... Read More »

Professor Roger Smith at Australia’s University of Newcastle discusses research on predicting when a pregnant woman will go into labor. His work has revealed... Read More »

Cancer Research UK scientists have revealed how a combination of two very different drugs -- currently being tested in clinical trials -- amplifies the destruction of ... Read More »

90 percent of people are exposed to the Epstein Barr virus (EBV) at some point in their life. While the immune system’s T cells rapidly clear most EBV-infected... Read More »