The discovery of new drugs is vital to achieving the eradication of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) in Africa and around
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Infectious diseases organization honors 5 faculty
Five faculty members at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have been elected fellows of the Infectious Diseases
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Risk for bone fractures up for patients with psoriatic diseases
(HealthDay)—For adults with psoriatic diseases, the likelihood of developing bone fractures is increased, although they have no increased risk for
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Researchers identify biomarker for cardiovascular diseases
The role of the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase 3 in the blood pressure-regulating renin-angiotensin system was investigated in the inter-university cooperation
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Silencing gene expression to cure complex diseases
Many people think of new medicines as bullets, and in the pharmaceutical industry, frequently used terms like “targets” and “hits”
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Crowd-sourcing optogenetics data to tackle neurological diseases
Around the world, some 50 million people have epilepsy, with more than 3 million in the United States alone. It’s
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Sterilised insects could help control mosquito-borne diseases
Aggressive tiger mosquitoes capable of spreading debilitating tropical diseases such as dengue and Zika are spreading through Europe, but scientists
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Florida releasing genetically modified mosquitoes to prevent diseases like Zika
Hundreds of millions of genetically modified mosquitoes will soon be released in the Florida Keys island chain to wipe out
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Scientists find a way to identify diseases by blood serum
Researchers at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University(SPbPU) in collaboration with colleagues from Tsinghua University (China) developed a new
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Novel pathology could improve diagnosis and treatment of Huntington’s and other diseases
Bristol scientists have discovered a novel pathology that occurs in several human neurodegenerative diseases, including Huntington’s disease. The article, published
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