Infants given antibiotics were at increased risk of asthma and childhood allergies, a study suggests.
Trial suggests babies in intensive care can be better protected from parental bacteria
A research team reports it has developed and tested a relatively simple strategy for reducing the chance of parents exposing…
How bacteria control their cell cycle
Researchers have demonstrated how bacteria coordinate cell division with the replication of their genetic material. In an interdisciplinary study they…
A new breakthrough in developing effective antimalarial drugs
Parasites in the genus Plasmodium, which cause malaria, are transmitted to humans through bites from infected mosquitoes. The parasites manage…
Possible dementia vaccine closer after mice studies
A vaccine to ward off dementia may proceed to clinical trials after successful animal testing. The research is looking to…
Betrayed by bile: Bile acids help norovirus sneak into cells
Human noroviruses, the leading viral cause of foodborne illness and acute diarrhea around the world, infect cells of the small…
From crab studies, a broader approach to identifying brain cells
In a new study, a team tests the notion that a cell’s identity can be described solely by the genes…
Combining neurologic and blood pressure drugs reduces breast tumor development in mice
Adding a medication used to treat epilepsy, bipolar disorder and migraines to a blood pressure medicine reversed some aspects of…
Objective subtle cognitive difficulties predict amyloid accumulation and neurodegeneration
Researchers report that accumulating amyloid protein occurred faster among persons deemed to have ‘objectively-defined subtle cognitive difficulties’ (Obj-SCD) than among…
Medical News Today: Researchers discover new autoinflammatory condition
A previously unknown autoinflammatory condition has come to the fore thanks to a team of global experts, who were also…