New research shows that disc-shaped nanoparticles created with photolithographic technology will allow researchers to specify…
Browsing: Disease
Disease refers to a condition that disrupts the normal functioning of the body or mind, often characterized by specific signs and symptoms. It can result from infections, genetic mutations, environmental exposures, lifestyle factors, or a combination of these. Diseases range from acute, short-term illnesses to chronic, long-term conditions, and can affect individuals or spread across populations. Scientific research into the causes, mechanisms, treatments, and prevention of disease plays a vital role in improving public health, advancing medicine, and responding to emerging health threats. This page features the latest discoveries and breakthroughs in understanding, diagnosing, and managing diseases of all kinds.
While working with patients with Lou Gehrig’s disease, researchers at UCLA found that inflammation instigated…
A new study from the Berkeley Lab takes a step forward in the fight against…
A new study using the antibody drug BMS-936558 (MDX-1106, anti-PD-1), resulted in tumor shrinkage of…
Researchers at MIT and Harvard Medical School have created biodegradable nanoparticles made from stands of…
The Tomato Genomics Consortium fully sequenced the genome of the tomato, Solanum Lycopersicum. They report…
By searching the available medical literature and evaluating seven randomized trials that involved 28,065 adult…
Observed for the first time in neurons, biologists from Princeton University documented common strains of…
A Vodaphone Americas Foundation Wireless Innovation Project award winner may now help in the fight…
While studying 27 patients with acute HIV infection, researchers at the University of North Carolina…
Using nanoparticles that deliver a compound that specifically targets miR-155, biologists at Yale University were…
Geneticists at Harvard Medical School have discovered how a deletion in one gene from one…
A new study from environmental scientists suggests that the mercury concentration in the Arctic Ocean…
By using a design that incorporates a small, powerful magnet surrounded by a coil of…
New research from Brown University shows that the physical properties of adult stem cells derived…
Pathogens that cause plague or cholera use miniature syringes to introduce molecular agents into their…
By uncovering the signaling pathway that promotes cell migration in certain forms of pulmonary fibrosis…
A scientist from the Max Planck Institute discovered that von Economo neuron (VEN) is also…