Diseases The humble fly carries even more diseases than we thought, new study shows November 27, 2017
Diseases Almost half of all US cancers can be prevented through lifestyle, study shows November 24, 2017
Biology Lab mice with natural gut bacteria are wildly more resistant to disease and tumors November 13, 2017 - Updated on November 29, 2017
Diseases Computer simulation identifies HIV Achilles Heel, offering new avenue for treatment November 10, 2017
Diseases Putting bacteria-targeting-viruses into food packaging could keep food from spreading illnesses such as Salmonella poisoning November 9, 2017 - Updated on November 12, 2017
Diseases “Killer” mosquitoes are being unleashed in the US to fight disease November 8, 2017 - Updated on February 15, 2019
Diseases A surprising number of people develop food allergies in adulthood October 27, 2017 - Updated on October 29, 2017
Diseases Scientists figure out how many mutations it takes for healthy cells to turn cancerous October 23, 2017
Diseases Scientists want to reduce mosquito population. By releasing 20 million mosquitoes July 21, 2017 - Updated on July 24, 2017
Diseases Over one third of all dementia cases could be prevented by actions that begin in childhood July 21, 2017
Diseases Massive simulation of the HIV ‘shell’ reveals new vulnerabilities that we might exploit to eliminate the virus July 19, 2017
Diseases We’re losing the battle with gonorrhea. No clear treatment in sight, and things might get even worse July 10, 2017
Diseases Getting rid of an invasive shrub reduces the number of malaria-spreading mosquitos July 6, 2017
Diseases In the face of rising antibiotic resistance, fungi could be a goldmine for new drugs April 21, 2017
Biology Genetic ‘typos’ may be a more powerful driver of cancer in humans than environmental factors March 29, 2017
Diseases Yellow fever is killing thousands of rare monkeys in Brazil March 27, 2017 - Updated on March 28, 2017
Diseases Edible Ebola vaccine for wild apes could revolutionize how we fight the disease March 11, 2017
Diseases 1962 vaccine breakthrough prevented 4.5 billion cases of polio, measles, rabies, hepatitis A, and many others March 6, 2017
Diseases World Health Organization says these 12 pathogens could change the world as we know it February 28, 2017 - Updated on March 2, 2017
Diseases Five HIV patients are now virus-free thanks to a new vaccine therapy — but success rate is low February 24, 2017
Diseases New treatment effectively kills whipworm — a roundworm which infects 1 billion people February 23, 2017
Diseases Artificial intelligence is just as good at spotting skin cancer as doctors. Could be turned into an app January 27, 2017 - Updated on January 28, 2017
Diseases Medication prevents HIV/AIDS has 92% success rate, but people don’t know about it yet January 23, 2017
Diseases NIH isolates new antibody which neutralizes 98% of HIV strains in lab trials November 17, 2016 - Updated on November 18, 2016
