When Choosing What Diseases to Develop Drugs For, It All Comes Down to Funding
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The ‘climate-sensitive’ diseases that are spreading through a warmer US
This week, the United States government and leading climate researchers from institutions across the country…
Humans caught more diseases after we domesticated animals
The bones of a person buried in a “plague pit” in London in the 14th…
What is the role of the microbiome in diseases like chronic fatigue syndrome, diabetes, and Alzheimer’s?
Lactobacillus (purple) in kefir, which provides microbes associated with gut healthSTEVE GSCHMEISSNER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY ONE…
New blood marker can identify Parkinsonian diseases
Is it possible that a single biomarker can detect all types of diseases related to…
Scientists develop method to detect deadly infectious diseases
Rutgers researchers have developed a way of detecting the early onset of deadly infectious diseases…
DeepMind’s New AI Can Predict Genetic Diseases
About 10 years ago, Žiga Avsec was a PhD physics student who found himself taking…
Autoimmune diseases: Protein discovered as potential new target for therapies
Autoimmune diseases are complex illnesses, the causes of which are diverse and have not yet…
Older adults with digestive diseases experience higher rates of loneliness, depression
While life expectancy rates for older Americans are rising, nearly 40% of adults report living…
Climate change can alter the risk of succumbing to infectious diseases
A new Europe-wide study investigated the prevalence of protozoans, bacteria and viruses potentially pathogenic to…