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A promising research shows possible, new treatment for HIV using gene immunotherapy. A group of potent antibodies used in cancer research could also help in the global fight against the HIV epidemic.

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) The NIH recently awarded UAB $11.5 million to support studies that will assess treatment of babies born with congenital cytomegalovirus but no symptoms, and frequency of neonatal her...

Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are scrambling to figure out how a Utah caregiver became ill with Zika. The virus is overwhelmingly transmitted via bites from infected mosquitoes, but...

Article Within Reach Challenge s a worldwide 3D printing design contest to think up functional, assistive tools for individuals with limited mobility of their hands. Staff Author:  Dan Marsicano Topics:  STEM

News A model of liver tissue that replicates the metabolic variations found throughout the organ and more accurately reflects the distinctive patterns of liver damage caused by exposure to environmental toxins. Contribut...

News UltraShape Power uses focused, pulsed mechanical ultrasound energy to target and destroy fat, offering measurable fat reduction to the abdominal area. Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

News The development builds on previous work in which the team developed a high-capacity flow battery that stored energy in organic molecules called quinones and a food additive called ferrocyanide. Contributed Author: ...

News The Optune delivers so-called Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) that interfere with cell division. Contributed Author:  Novocure Topics:  Oncology

News Chameleon is the only angioplasty balloon catheter that allows for simultaneous balloon inflation and injection of fluids in one device. Contributed Author:  AV Medical Topics:  STEM

News Studies at Warwick and in China have been recently undertaken to quantify the brain's dynamic functions. Contributed Author:  University of Warwick Topics:  STEM

News The Prestige LP Disc is designed to allow motion in the neck at the operated levels, unlike a fusion surgery that does not preserve motion. Contributed Author:  Medtronic Plc Topics:  Surgical

Videos In the 4th installment of the "Hold You Batteries!" video series, MDT Editor Lee Goldberg has a few suggestions to help out a reader who's got a ruggedized product that loses its battery when it's dropped. Staff A...

News The diagnostic imaging study will administer MVT-2163 as a PET imaging agent for patients with pancreatic cancer. Contributed Author:  MabVax Therapuetics Holdings Topics:  Medical Diagnostics

A new WHO report highlights the need to intensify national action to meet the global targets governments have agreed to protect people from heart disease, cancers, diabetes, and lung diseases. Globally, these 4 noncommun...

Swiss drugmaker Roche has announced that the phase III clinical trial for its blood cancer drug did not meet its endpoint. The drug is designed to treat an aggressive form of blood cancer known as diffuse large B-cell ly...

Eating less may help us lead longer, healthier lives, according to the new results from a large, multicenter study, led by researchers at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University. ...

PHOENIX, Ariz. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The Autism Society says there are more than three-and-a-half-million Americans on the autism spectrum right now. Often older people with autism were diagnosed later in life and did no...

DALLAS. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- It's hard for most of us to imagine, but in 2015, 300,000 of our neighboring Americans became new millionaires. That brings the total number of millionaires in this country to more than 10 m...

(International Partnership for Microbicides (IPM)) New data analyses announced at the AIDS 2016 conference today provide additional evidence suggesting that the monthly dapivirine vaginal ring developed by the nonprofit ...

(Thomas Jefferson University) A new tool helps remove the emotion around choosing the right approach for prostate cancer.

(University of Alabama at Birmingham) Mild to moderate muscle and nerve strain provokes symptom flares in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome.

(The Hastings Center) The Ethics of Infection Challenges in PrimatesAnne Barnhill, Steven Joffe, and Franklin G. MillerDuring the recent Ebola outbreak, scientific developments involving infection challenge experiments o...