FDA-Approved Drug Treats a Rare Cardiac Disease
New research shows that a low dose of the FDA-approved drug dasatinib improves heart function in Noonan syndrome. About 1 in 2,500 babies born in…
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New Study Links Zika and Glaucoma
A newly published study demonstrates for the first time that the Zika virus can cause glaucoma in infants who were exposed to the virus during…
Do Community Factors Affect Your Weight?
A newly published study from Yale University shows that community-level factors may be associated with reduced adult obesity rates in counties within states that have…
Researchers Find Antibody That ‘Neutralizes’ Zika Virus
A team of researchers has isolated a human monoclonal antibody that in a mouse model “markedly reduced” infection by the Zika virus. The antibody, called…
Scientists Identify Potential Treatment for Fatal Leptospirosis
New research on leptospirosis sheds light on how the disease causes death and reveals a potentially novel treatment. While rare in the United States, leptospirosis…
MIT Engineers Design a New Weapon Against Bacteria
An international team of engineers has developed an antimicrobial peptide that can destroy many types of bacteria, including some that are resistant to most antibiotics….
New Study Shows Resistance to Cancer Drugs Runs Deeper Than a Single Gene
A new study from Yale University shows that resistance to cancer drugs runs deeper than a single gene. Searching for more individual genes to predict…
New Research Provides Hope for Better Wound Healing for Diabetics
New research from the Max Planck Institute could lead to the development of new wound treatment methods for people with diabetes. Diabetics often have to…
Yale Researchers Reveal Genes Behind Aggressive Ovarian and Endometrial Cancers
Researchers from Yale University have defined the genetic landscape of rare, highly aggressive tumors called carcinosarcomas, pointing the way to possible new treatments. The findings…
Researchers Identify a New Way to Suppress Lung Tumors
A team of researchers has identified a new blocking mechanism that acts more like a dimmer switch and potentially inhibits lung tumor cell growth. Lung…
MIT Scientists Develop New Method to Deliver Beneficial Bacteria to the GI Tract
By coating bacteria with polymer layers that protect them from the acids and bile salts found in the digestive tract, scientists from MIT have developed…
New T Cell Subsets Have Potential to Improve Cellular Therapy for Cancer
Researchers from the Yale Cancer Center have identified that two genes, NR4A1 and ABC transporters, mark a distinct subset of quiescent T cells within human…
Study Reveals a Promising New Target to Treat Type 2 Diabetes
Scientists at Yale University reveal promising new target for drugs to treat type 2 diabetes. When the body’s cells don’t respond normally to insulin —…
Harvard Researchers Identify a Key Instigator in Lou Gehrig’s Disease
A team of scientists from Harvard Medical School has identified a key instigator of nerve cell damage in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a progressive…
New Reserach Reveals How Zika Virus Causes Fetal Brain Damage
In a newly published study, researchers from Yale University report that infection by the Zika virus diverts a key protein necessary for neural cell division…
New Yale Research Reveals Insights into Alcoholic Liver Disease
A team of researchers at the Yale School of Public Health has identified a novel mechanism that protects the liver against the accumulation of fats…
Adhesive Patch Delivers Therapy to Tumor Sites
A newly published study from MIT describes an adhesive patch that can stick to the tumor site, either before or after surgery, to deliver a…
Engineers Design Programmable RNA Vaccines That Protext Against Ebola and H1N1 Influenza
A newly published study details how engineers developed programmable RNA vaccines that work against Ebola, H1N1 influenza, and common parasites in mice. MIT engineers have…