In 2018, a Florida man found a piece of tooth embedded in his foot from a shark bite off Flagler…
Airless worms: A new hope against drug-resistant parasites
Scientists have uncovered a metabolic pathway that only exists in parasitic worms. This will allow development of drugs that target…
Bench to bedside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer
Prostate cancer represents a major health challenge and there is currently no effective treatment once it has advanced to the…
Using facts to promote cancer prevention on social media is more effective than anecdotes
Clear information from trusted organizations has greater reach on social media than personal accounts.
Innate immune responses to high-fat diets lead to obesity
Why is eating a high fat diet a recipe for obesity? According to a new study, the answer involves the…
Integrated, multi-‘omic’ studies of asthma could lead to precision treatment
Carefully designed, integrated multi-‘omic’ studies could accelerate the use of precision medicine for asthma patients, according to researchers.
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Researchers have for the first time eliminated replication-competent HIV-1 DNA — the virus responsible for AIDS — from the genomes…
The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins
Scientists have uncovered details of a key cellular mechanism crucial for proper brain development. It involves a gene that, when…
Antidepressants reduce deaths by more than a third in patients with diabetes
Antidepressants reduce deaths by more than a third in patients with diabetes and depression, according to a new study.
Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections and symptoms, finds a new study.…