disease & medicine

Researchers found a previously undiscovered hepadnavirus in an immunocompromised cat.

Women with metastatic cancer who were treated with a checkpoint inhibitor had a smaller benefit than did men.

As the first personalized cell and gene therapies are approved from small clinical trials, researchers propose the creation of publicly accessible databases to pull together real-world results.  

In an in vitro study, the compound completely blocked the replication of rhinoviruses.

3-D balls of cells can be used to screen for potential cancer drugs.

As the virus spreads in Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization is preparing to immunize people as soon as this week.

A painting of the woman who was the source of HeLa cells will be on view at the National Portrait Gallery beginning May 15.

The increase is associated with travel to Europe, where large outbreaks are occurring.

The position was eliminated the same week a new Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The country’s health ministry and the World Health Organization rush to contain the new outbreak.

The scientists involved have hired lawyers to fight the conclusions of a recent investigation into some studies of Diovan in Japan.

The agency says it has taken various steps to ensure the privacy of participants’ data. 

Researchers used a trio of transcription factors to transform pancreatic duct cells in vivo into β-like cells that secrete insulin and improve diabetes symptoms.

Warmer weather is thought to be behind the rise in vector-borne illnesses in recent years.

The organs showed neural activity for up to 36 hours, adding fuel to discussions about the ethics of future neuroscientific research.

Researchers stumbled across the connection while searching for ways to reduce vision problems in people with achromatopsia.

Researching the rare, but all-too-common, disease of gun violence in America will take a concerted political effort.

Certain non-chromosomal defects are strongly associated with specific childhood cancers.

The University of Minnesota researcher is on the front lines in the fight against the disease.