A team of scientists has made valuable progress toward creating clinical-grade cells for treatment of bone disease and injury. In…
Potential therapeutic target for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
New research has revealed that the protein TDP-43 regulates a gene called Stathmin2 (STMN2). STMN2 shows promise as a therapeutic…
Assessing the performance of multiple influenza forecasting models
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.