Medical Wellness

TB vaccine candidate shows early promise

According to the World Health Organization, TB kills an estimated 1.7 million people each year and infects one out of three people around the globe. With…

New tactic for controlling blood sugar in diabetes contradicts current view of the disease

Increased low-grade inflammation in the body resulting from obesity is widely viewed as contributing to type 2 diabetes. Going against this long-held belief,…

Scientists announce human intestinal stem cell 'breakthrough' for regenerative medicine

This achievement, made by researchers of the Colorectal Cancer Lab at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) and published in Nature…

Dendritic cells in liver protect against acetaminophen toxicity

NYU School of Medicine researchers have discovered that dendritic cells in the liver have a protective role against the toxicity of acetaminophen, the widely…

Commonly used defibrillators raise risk of problems

When it comes to defibrillators, simpler may be safer, even though more complex machines are used on a majority of patients. That's according to a new study…

40-year follow-up on marshmallow test points to biological basis for delayed gratification

A landmark study in the late 1960s and early 1970s used marshmallows and cookies to assess the ability of preschool children to delay gratification. If they…

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