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Habitat loss linked to global emergence of infectious diseases
Auburn University researchers have published a new hypothesis that could provide the foundation for new scientific studies looking into the
Continue reading »Death toll in Indian encephalitis outbreak rises to 152
India’s Supreme Court on Monday directed state and national authorities to file reports to the court on an encephalitis outbreak
Continue reading »New roles for common oncogene MYC
Cancer researchers have discovered surprising new functions for a protein called MYC, a powerful oncogene that is estimated to drive
Continue reading »Memories are strengthened via brainwaves produced during sleep, new study shows: Researchers use medical imaging to map areas involved in recalling learned information while we slumber
Researchers have known about the close relationship between sleep and memory for decades. Now, a new study published in the
Continue reading »Challenging metabolism may help fight disease
Researchers at the University’s Medical School who have published their findings in the journal Nature Communications looked at how immune
Continue reading »Viral peptides critical to natural HIV control: T-cell targeting of essential amino acids may underlie spontaneous HIV suppression, define path to a vaccine
Investigators at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard have used a novel approach to identify specific amino acids
Continue reading »Breast cancer in young women: Good outcomes with advised therapy
Breast cancer in young women is characterised by more aggressive biological features as compared to those arising in older patients
Continue reading »Dengue research in the Philippines evolving over time
Communicable diseases including dengue continue to be major causes of morbidity and mortality in the Philippines. Now, researchers reporting in
Continue reading »Metformin may help patients maintain weight loss long-term
In the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) clinical trial and its long-term follow-up study, among the persons who lost at least
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