Global Health Unity: A New Dawn in Pandemic Preparedness
In an unprecedented move towards global health security, the World Health Organization's member states have unanimously endorsed a hist...
Diabetic eye damage prevented or reversed by novel drug in study
Researchers at Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have evidence that an experimental drug may prevent or slow vision...
Sudden infant death syndrome may have biologic cause
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is a case where the death of an apparently healthy infant before their first birthday remains unexp...
Major progress in curing brain tumors by blocking certain functions in cells with a docked molecule
The researchers’ molecule Z4P inhibits one of the mechanisms that regulate protein production in a cancer cell. This inhibition causes ...
Scientists discover that metabolic sensor may play role in Alzheimer’s disease
It's well-known that people with type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, but the reason why isn't f...
Phase I trial demonstrates first pharmacological treatment able to improve cardiac function in stiff-heart syndrome
Transthyretin-related cardiac amyloidosis is a progressive disease characterized by the deposition of amyloid protein fibrils in the he...
New study shows noninvasive brain imaging can distinguish among hand gestures
Researchers from University of California San Diego have found a way to distinguish among hand gestures that people are making by exami...
Investigation raises questions over lack of ‘substantial evidence’ for FDA approved antibiotic
Drugs approved in the US require "substantial evidence" that they are effective. But an investigation by The BMJ into the recent approv...
Our brain prefers positive vocal sounds that come from our left
Sounds that we hear around us are defined physically by their frequency and amplitude. But for us, sounds have a meaning beyond those p...