A study led by Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) has revealed the effects of the stress of parenting in […]
Five rules to tackle antibiotic resistance
Current efforts to tackle antibiotic resistance are “not nearly radical enough,” a leading scientist says. Dr Ben Raymond, of the […]
Huntington drug successfully lowers levels of disease-causing protein, study shows
An international clinical trial has found that a new drug for Huntington disease is safe, and that treatment with the […]
Supporting HIV-affected couples trying to conceive: A pilot study identifies a safe, effective strategy to help women with HIV have children in low-resource countries
Women with HIV were once advised against having children for fear that the infection could be passed on to their […]
First ever living donor HIV-to-HIV kidney transplant
For the first time, a person living with HIV has donated a kidney to a transplant recipient also living with […]
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight: The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy
Herpes viruses reactivate in more than half of crew aboard Space Shuttle and International Space Station missions, according to NASA […]
Discovery upturns understanding of how some viruses multiply
Scientists have shown that different segments of a virus genome can exist in distinct cells but work together to cause […]
Dengue virus infection may cause severe outcomes following Zika virus infection during pregnancy
Women who have previously been infected with dengue virus may be at risk for increased damage to their fetuses and […]
Interaction between two immune cell types could be key to better dengue vaccines
Researchers at Duke-NUS Medical School have demonstrated for the first time a physical interaction between two types of immune cells […]
Insecticide resistance genes affect vector competence for West Nile virus
In a context of overuse of insecticides, which leads to the selection of resistant mosquitoes, it is already known that […]