A new targeted treatment for mutant proteins which can cause the deadliest of cancers in humans has been uncovered by scientists at the University of Leeds. The mutated form of the RAS protein has been ...
What if the COVID-19 virus could be used in fighting against itself? Researchers at Penn State have designed a proof-of-concept therapeutic that may be able to do just that. The team designed a synthetic defective ...
Australian scientists researching how our immune system responds to COVID-19 have revealed that those infected by early variants in 2020 produced sustained antibodies, however, these antibodies are not as effective against contemporary variants of the ...
The World Health Organization announced multiple commitments to drive change for gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls in all their diversity at the Generation Equality Forum, held last week in Paris. The ...
In recent years, immunotherapy has revolutionised the field of cancer treatment. However, inflammatory reactions in healthy tissues frequently trigger side effects that can be serious and lead to the permanent discontinuation of treatment. This toxicity ...
Even the mundane act of swallowing requires a well-coordinated dance of more than 30 oral muscles. The loss of function of even one of these, due to disease or injury, can be extremely debilitating. For ...
A University of Arkansas researcher and international colleagues found that employed individuals, on average, are 35.3% more likely to be infected with the flu virus. The findings confirm a long-held assumption about one prevalent way ...
Following a 70-year effort, China has been awarded a malaria-free certification from WHO – a notable feat for a country that reported 30 million cases of the disease annually in the 1940s. “Today we congratulate ...
New data shows that less than one in five Australians living under disability care are vaccinated against COVID-19 more than four months since the rollout of the vaccine started. Rather than wait for commonwealth in-reach ...