Category: 6. Health

ROTTERDAM   –   Scientists have developed a proof-of-concept vaccine that could offer broad protection against all known and emerging variants of highly pathogenic avian influenza (A5) viruses, including those that have yet to evolve. The…

Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology, Scripps Research, and the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT, and Harvard report coordinated studies showing that several HIV germline-targeting immunogens can be delivered together to activate multiple…

An axon in a developing brain is faced with a monumental challenge: finding its one perfect partner among billions of other neurons. The human brain contains roughly 100 trillion synapses, each the result of a neuron successfully locating…

Approximately 1 in 10 people worldwide report gastrointestinal or extraintestinal symptoms after eating foods containing gluten or wheat, even without a diagnosis of celiac disease or wheat allergy, according to a new systematic review and…

Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability, affecting 1 in 4 people during their lifetime. Stroke happens when blood vessels in the brain get clogged or damaged, impairing blood flow and oxygen supply to the brain, which…

Using targeted radiation during surgery – referred to as intraoperative radiation – to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins have been able to reduce the…

One of the most common antidepressants, sertraline, contributes to a modest improvement in core depression and anxiety symptoms, including low mood, within two weeks, finds a new analysis of a major clinical trial led by UCL…