Researchers identified three antibodies that protect against multiple strains of influenza virus by targeting the surface protein neuraminidase. The findings could help researchers develop better flu vaccines and...
October 1, 2019 —
Small particles from cancer cells called extracellular vesicles cross the blood-brain barrier to make the brain more hospitable to metastatic tumors.
October 1, 2019 —
Researchers found a host protein that enteroviruses, which cause many cases of the common cold as well as more serious diseases, need to replicate.
September 24, 2019 —
The drug methotrexate performed as well as the more expensive mycophenolate mofetil for treating uveitis, a form of eye inflammation. The findings provide new guidance for treatment.
September 24, 2019 —
After people with peanut allergy received oral immunotherapy to induce tolerance to peanut, most who discontinued or had a reduced dose lost the therapy’s protective effects.
September 17, 2019 —
Scientists identified a gene that causes people to naturally sleep less than six and a half hours each night without any apparent ill effects.
September 17, 2019 —
Researchers found that the enzyme telomerase, which is active in most tumor cells, may also protect healthy adult cells from becoming cancerous.
