In what the authors believe is the first documented comparison of several real-time infectious disease forecasting models by different teams…
A new way by which the human brain marks time
With a little help from HBO’s ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ neurobiologists have uncovered a key component of how the human brain…
Pioneering surgery restores movement to children paralyzed by acute flaccid myelitis
An innovative and complex surgery involving nerve transfers is restoring movement to young patients with paralysis caused by acute flaccid…
Medical detection dogs help diabetes patients regulate insulin levels
New research has found that the best trained alert dogs have the potential to vastly improve the quality of life…
Back to the future with CD4 testing: Improving HIV care in low- and middle-income countries
A practical resource-based public health approach for the rapid initiation of antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected individuals living in low- and…
Gene expression study sheds new light on African Salmonella
Scientists have completed one of the largest bacterial comparative gene expression studies to date and taken another step forward in…
Gene-editing tool CRISPR/Cas9 shown to limit impact of certain parasitic diseases
Researchers have successfully used CRISPR/Cas9 to limit the impact of schistosomiasis and liver fluke infection, which affects more than a…
Part-time working mothers with flexible schedules end up doing more work without pay
Flexible schedules cause part-time working mothers to work longer without pay.
Nerve cells made from skin cells are a valid lab model for studying disease
Researchers have shown that cells from mice that have been induced to grow into nerve cells using a previously published…
Scientists have identified a bone marrow backup system
New research has identified a backup for an important biological system — the hematopoietic system, whose adult stem cells constantly…