When people ate a diet full of highly processed foods, they consumed more calories and gained more weight than when they ate a minimally processed diet.
Engineered phages were used to treat a teenager’s life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infection. The approach could be used to combat otherwise untreatable infections.
April 23, 2019 —
Researchers found that doctors treating children for respiratory infections were more likely to prescribe antibiotics during telemedicine visits than at urgent care or primary care clinics.
April 23, 2019 —
An FDA-approved drug dramatically improved the health of people with rare chronic immune disorders called hypereosinophilic syndromes.
April 9, 2019 —
Bioengineered vessels that were implanted in people to aid with kidney dialysis matured into living blood vessels, showing that they can be integrated into human tissues.
April 9, 2019 —
Researchers discovered how a type of virus that infects bacteria can help the bacteria escape the immune system and cause chronic wound infections.
April 9, 2019 —
Researchers designed a small molecule that, in mice, blocks the mutated RNA responsible for adult onset muscular dystrophy. The findings suggest a new avenue to develop therapeutics.
April 2, 2019 —
A sophisticated model estimated that healthy food subsidies could save billions in health care costs and prevent hundreds of thousands of heart disease deaths and diabetes cases.
April 2, 2019 —
A live monkey produced with sperm derived from animals that had not yet undergone puberty is an important step toward offering young cancer patients a chance to have children in the future.
April 2, 2019 —
Bioengineers repaired jawbones in sheep using tissue grown in a 3D-printed bioreactor. The findings lay the groundwork for developing and testing the approach in people.
March 26, 2019 —
A study comparing a surgical procedure called catheter ablation with medications for atrial fibrillation will help inform treatment decisions.
