A bacterium found among the soil close to roots of ginseng plants could provide a new approach for the treatment…
Follow your gut: How farms protect from childhood asthma
Asthma impacts millions of children already at a young age. Children growing up on a farm have a lower risk…
Emergency care doctors not getting sufficient ‘down time’
A survey of more than 4,000 UK emergency care doctors has shown that they need more support to recover from…
Malaria test as simple as a bandage
A test for malaria looks like a bandage, but can diagnose the disease in minutes without the need for medical…
How the immune system remembers viruses
For a person to acquire immunity to a disease, T cells must develop into memory cells after contact with the…
Combo-drug treatment for Type 2 diabetes remains effective after two years
Patients whose Type 2 diabetes is not controlled with metformin can benefit long-term from a two-drug combination treatment that also…
Age is a primary determinant of melanoma treatment resistance
Age may cause identical cancer cells with the same mutations to behave differently. In animal and laboratory models of melanoma…
It’s not if, but how people use social media that impacts their well-being
New research indicates what’s important for overall happiness is how a person uses social media. Researchers took a close look…
Ultrapotent COVID-19 vaccine candidate designed via computer
An ultrapotent nanoparticle candidate vaccine against COVID-19 has been developed with structure-based vaccine design techniques invented at UW Medicine. It…
Seven different ‘disease forms’ identified in mild COVID-19
A new study finds that there are seven ‘forms of disease’ in COVID-19 with mild disease course and that the…