Researchers have uncovered a novel potential antiviral drug target that could lead to treatments protecting against a host of infectious diseases. …read more Source:: Science
Tag: diseases
A new way of diagnosing and treating disease — without cutting skin
by
•Researchers have developed a specialized microscope that has the potential ability to both diagnose diseases that include skin cancer and perform incredibly precise surgery — all without cutting skin. …read more Source:: Science
Gum bacteria implicated in Alzheimer’s and other diseases
by
•Researchers are reporting new findings on how bacteria involved in gum disease can travel throughout the body, exuding toxins connected with Alzheimer’s disease, rheumatoid arthritis and aspiration pneumonia. They detected …read more Source:: Science
Scientists grow perfect human blood vessels in a petri dish
by
•Scientists have managed to grow perfect human blood vessels as organoids in a petri dish for the first time. The breakthrough engineering technology dramatically advances research of vascular diseases like …read more Source:: Science
Biologists turn eavesdropping viruses into bacterial assassins
by
•Researchers have found a bacteria-killing virus that can listen in on bacterial conversations — and then they made it attack diseases including salmonella, E. coli and cholera. …read more Source:: Science
Eating in 10-hour window can override disease-causing genetic defects, nurture health
by
•Scientists found that mice lacking the biological clocks thought to be necessary for a healthy metabolism could still be protected against obesity and metabolic diseases by having their daily access …read more Source:: Science
Researchers predict risk for common deadly diseases from millions of genetic variants
by
•A research team reports a new kind of genome analysis that could identify large fractions of the population who have a much higher risk of developing serious common diseases, including …read more Source:: Science
Gene-edited pigs are resistant to billion dollar virus
by
•Scientists have produced pigs that can resist one of the world’s most costly animal diseases, by changing their genetic code. Tests with the virus — called Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory …read more Source:: Science
Tonsil and adenoid removal associated with respiratory, allergic and infectious disease
by
•Removing tonsils and adenoids in childhood increases the long-term risk of respiratory, allergic and infectious diseases, according to researchers who have examined — for the first time — the long-term …read more Source:: Science
‘Mono’ virus linked to 7 serious diseases
by
•The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) — best known for causing mononucleosis — also increases the risks for some people of developing seven other major diseases, according to a new study. The …read more Source:: Science