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Bread mold may hold secret to eliminating disease-causing genes

When most people discover mold on their bread, they immediately throw it out. Others see a world of possibilities in the tiny fungus. A University of Missouri scientist, along with a collaborative res

Steroids provide no survival benefit for children with bacterial meningitis

Corticosteroids given to children who are hospitalised for bacterial meningitis do not provide a benefit in survival or in reduced hospital stays, according to a large multicenter study by pediatric r

Molecular espionage shows a single HIV enzyme's many tasks

Using ingenious molecular espionage, scientists have found how a single key enzyme, seemingly the Swiss army knife in HIV's toolbox, differentiates and dynamically binds both DNA and RNA as part of th

Immune system pathway identified to fight allergens, asthma

For the first time, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have identified genetic components of dendritic cells that are key to asthma and allergy-related immune response ma

Clumps of red and white blood cells may contribute to sickle cell disease

It’s long been known that patients with sickle cell disease have malformed, “sickle-shaped” red blood cells – which are normally disc-shaped – that can cause sudden painf

Two suppressor molecules affect 70 genes in leukemia

By restoring two small molecules that are often lost in chronic leukemia, researchers were able to block tumor growth in an animal model.

Heparin expert helps uncover source of lethal contamination

The mysterious death of patients around the world following a routine dosage of the common blood thinner, heparin, sent researchers on a frantic search to uncover what could make the standard drug so

Monitoring AIDS treatment by physical symptoms is effective

When millions of HIV-infected people in poor countries began receiving advanced drug therapies, critics worried that patient care would suffer because few high-tech laboratories were available to guid

Researchers important markers of high risk of type 2 diabetes

Doctors are aware of a range of risk factors, mostly related to the patients’ family history, overweight, and lifestyle, that contribute to the risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Now researcher

Mutation in human gene helps prevent malaria fatalities

Not everyone who is bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito develops life threatening health problems, says new research by scientists at the University of Toronto.

Mutation in human gene helps prevent malaria fatalities

Not everyone who is bitten by a malaria-infected mosquito develops life threatening health problems, says new research by scientists at the University of Toronto.

Scientists test device to track medication adherence in patients with HIV/AIDS

Most of us have missed a dose of antibiotic or forgotten to take a daily vitamin. But when the stakes are higher, as they are for people with HIV/AIDS, a skipped pill could mean the difference betw

Sleeping sickness finding could lead to earlier diagnosis

Sleeping sickness creates a metabolic 'fingerprint' in the blood and urine, which could enable a new test to be developed to diagnose the disease, according to new research published today in the j

Mosquito mating mechanism could lead to new attack on dengue and yellow fever

Cornell researchers have identified a mating mechanism that possibly could be adapted to prevent female mosquitoes from spreading the viruses that cause dengue fever, second only to malaria as the

Mosquito mating mechanism could lead to new attack on dengue and yellow fever

Cornell researchers have identified a mating mechanism that possibly could be adapted to prevent female mosquitoes from spreading the viruses that cause dengue fever, second only to malaria as the