'Gut-on-a-chip' research aims to find personalized treatment for Crohn's disease
(University of Texas at Austin) Thanks to a new $1.8 million grant from The Helmsley Charitable Trust, UT Austin Enginee...
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U.S. measles cases hit a record high since the disease was eliminated in 2000
Each year from 2010 to 2017, 21 million children did not get vaccinated against measles, according to UNICEF.
New automated biological-sample analysis systems to accelerate disease detection
(Polytechnique Montréal) Professor Thomas Gervais of Polytechnique Montréal and his students Pierre-Alexandre Goyette an...
The Leukemia Atlas: researchers unveil proteins that signal disease
(University of Texas at San Antonio) Only about one in four people diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) survi...
Chickens stand sentinel against mosquito-borne disease in Florida
To learn where mosquitoes are transmitting certain viruses, Florida officials deploy chickens and test them for antibodi...
New protein for gene editing may improve disease treatment, sustainable manufacturing
(Purdue University) Purdue University researchers have developed a method that uses the protein Argonaute from Natronoba...
Back to the drawing board for conservationists battling against infectious parrot disease
(University of Kent) A study into the effectiveness of disinfecting birds' nests, carried out by the University of...
Tool reveals molecular causes of disease, including infant cancer
(Princeton University, Engineering School) Demonstrating a new tool with a broad ability to reveal molecular causes and...
Doctors plan to test a gene therapy that could prevent Alzheimer’s disease
A novel dementia treatment will flood people’s brains with a low-risk version of a key gene.
Novel software offers possible reduction in arrhythmic heart disease
(University of Birmingham) Potentially lethal heart conditions may become easier to spot and may lead to improvements in...
