Researchers have identified a very early marker of cardiac damage in patients undergoing therapy with anthracyclines, a family of drugs…
Tuberculosis: Commandeering a bacterial ‘suicide’ mechanism
The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis can be killed by a toxin they produce unless it is neutralized by an antidote…
DMD: Single CRISPR treatment provides long-term benefits in mice
Researchers have shown that a single systemic treatment using CRISPR genome editing technology can safely and stably correct a genetic…
How 3D arrangement of DNA helps perpetuate the species
From fathers to children, the delivery of hereditary information requires the careful packing of DNA in sperm. But just how…
Researchers find trigger that turns strep infections into flesh-eating disease
Scientists discovered a previously unknown trigger that turns run-of-the-mill strep infections into the flesh-eating disease childbed fever, which strikes postpartum…
Depression reversed in male mice by activating gene that helps excite neurons
Directly activating a gene important to exciting our excitatory neurons and associated with major depression may help turn around classic…
Advancing therapy by measuring the ‘games’ cancer cells play
Despite rapid advances in targeted therapies for cancer, tumors commonly develop resistance to treatment. When resistance emerges, tumor cells continue…
Heavy smoking can damage vision
Smoking more than 20 cigarettes a day can damage your vision, researchers find.
DNA variants significantly influence body fat distribution
Researchers have identified multiple genetic variants associated with how the body regulates and distributes body-fat tissue. The new findings broaden…
Febrile infants may not need painful tests, antibiotics, hospitalizations
A national research team has derived and validated a new protocol for emergency departments that can determine which infant patients…