Medical News
Why isn't there a vaccine for staph?
EurekAlert! - 24 Dec 2019 07:00
(Washington University in St. Louis) A study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis may help explain why previous attempts to develop a staph vaccine have failed, while also suggesting a new approach ...
Many younger patients with stomach cancer have a distinct disease, Mayo research discovers
EurekAlert! - 24 Dec 2019 07:00
(Mayo Clinic) Many people under 60 who develop stomach cancer have a 'genetically and clinically distinct' disease, new Mayo Clinic research has discovered. Compared to stomach cancer in older adults, this new, early ons...
Bacteria can 'outsmart' programmed cell death
EurekAlert! - 24 Dec 2019 07:00
(University of Cologne) To be able to multiply, bacteria that cause diarrhoea block mediators of programmed cell death, a new study in 'Nature Microbiology' shows.
Cellular culprit suspected of pushing dengue fever from bad to worse is cleared by transcripts
EurekAlert! - 24 Dec 2019 07:00
(La Jolla Institute for Immunology) No one knows what makes a mild dengue viral infection morph into a severe and sometimes deadly dengue hemorrhagic fever/dengue shock syndrome. Experts previously believed the likely ca...
A molecular map of the brain's decision-making area
EurekAlert! - 24 Dec 2019 07:00
(Karolinska Institutet) Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have come one step closer toward understanding how the part of our brain that is central for decision-making and the development of addiction is organized on a...