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Bees Have a New, Lifesaving ‘Vaccine’ to Make Them Immune to Pesti-Side Effects
There's been a lot of talk about vaccines these days, but not for bees. But a Cornell student has figured that since our most...
Tick-Borne Infection Immune to Most Antibiotics May Be Blocked Using Special ‘Nanobodies’
Tiny molecules called nanobodies, which can be designed to mimic antibody structures and functions, may be the key to blocking a tick-borne bacterial infection...
First Human Trial of HIV Vaccine Produced Immune Response in 97% of Volunteers
A phase 1 clinical trial of an experimental vaccine primed the immune system using a unique approach in order to prevent HIV.
The promising results,...
Drinking Baking Soda Could Be Cheap, Safe Way to Combat Autoimmune Disease, Says Scientists
A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say.
They have some of the...
New Approach Could Treat MS, Other Autoimmune Diseases
Researchers trying to find a way to treat multiple sclerosis think they’ve come up with an approach that could not only help patients with...
When Your Muscles Work Out, They Help Neurons Grow and Heal 4x Faster, MIT Study Shows
There’s no doubt that exercise does a body good—strengthening muscles and bolstering our bones, blood vessels, and immune system—but now, MIT engineers have found...
Hope for Patients with Aggressive Breast Cancer: Vaccine Trial Results in 88% Survival Rate After 3 Years
Breast cancer patients have been given fresh hope after a new vaccine showed "promise" in treating an aggressive form of the disease.
The results came...
Study Raises Hopes of Treating Aggressive Cancers by Identifying Fragments of Rogue DNA
A breakthrough in understanding how and why some cancer tumors are particularly aggressive and non-responsive to treatments has placed blame on breakaway strands of...
Single-Dose Gene Therapy is Potentially Life-Changing for Adults with Hemophilia
Adults with hemophilia B saw their number of bleeding episodes drop by an average of 71 percent after a single infusion of gene therapy,...
In World First, Stem Cells Reverse Woman’s Type-1 Diabetes
“I can eat sugar now,” said a woman from Tianjing, China, who recently became the first human to have their type-1 diabetes cured through...
Your Next Vacation May Be a Lifesaver, Say Researchers Studying Travel, Aging and Health
Reprinted with permission from World at Large, an independent news outlet covering conflict, travel, science, conservation, and health and fitness.
As July and August come around...
Primary Cause of Lupus Discovered–And a Possible Way to Reverse It
A team of scientists from Northwestern Medicine and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have identified the cause of lupus, a devastating autoimmune disease that affects...
Having Gratitude Linked to Lower Risk of Death Independent of Other Factors, Innovative Study Shows
A new study looking at the effects of gratitude or being grateful on mortality risk showed that independent of classic mortality indicators of cardiovascular...
West Virginia Boy Celebrates Perfect Attendance from Kindergarten Through High School Graduation
A young man in West Virginia made it into the local paper when news came out that he had graduated from high school with...
Vitamin D Improves Immunity to Cancer And Reduces Tumor Growth in Mice, Study Finds
Researchers have found that vitamin D improves immunity to cancer by encouraging the growth of a type of gut bacteria in lab mice.
Given a...
Destructive Gold Miners Work Overtime to Restore Thousands of Acres of Amazon Rainforest
In the Madre de Dios region of southern Peru, small, artisanal gold mines and the miners that work them have become a source of...
Kinder than Chemo Cancer Drug Cured This Young Man of Leukemia–Available in the US
Picture a very unhappy situation: you have leukemia; what are your options? Everyone knows about the side effects of chemo, and most people will...
Good News in History, January 27
210 years ago today, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was born in Paris. As an architect, his fame blossomed from his work restoring dozens of France's most...
Scientists Hail New Antibiotic That Can Kill Drug-Resistant Bacteria
An entirely new kind of antibiotic has been found to be 100% successful in animal trials in eliminating one of three antibiotic-resistant infections believed...
New Enzyme Allows CRISPR Technology to Accurately Target Almost Any Human Gene
While the original CRISPR gene editing technology could only target 12.5% of the human genome, a new method developed by engineers at Duke University...