Autoimmune Diseases May Have a Silver Lining
The same type of antibodies that cause illnesses like multiple sclerosis and lupus may also lead to a longer life.
The same type of antibodies that cause illnesses like multiple sclerosis and lupus may also lead to a longer life.
It pushes back the date of the earliest known cancer in a human ancestor by more than a million years.
The research, published recently in Science, could open the door to targeting other autoimmune diseases.
Scientists found that malaria-carrying mosquitoes avoided chickens and the smell of chickens, which might make the birds (or even just their odor) an effective repellent.
When the AI's interpretation was combined with human assessments, the cancer detection accuracy rate approached 100 percent.
Researchers say they’ve found biological markers of the illness in the gut bacteria and blood of people with SEID.
We’re one step closer to protecting vulnerable individuals against the virus.
Data collected over a 32-year span has revealed some alarming consequences of working more than 60 hours a week.
It appears to have fewer side effects than chemotherapy and other drugs, and lower likelihood of tumor regrowth.
It would be the second human disease after small pox to be eliminated.
A recent report found health or safety violations in 80 percent of inspected facilities in five states.
The history of canine transmissible venereal tumor is a weird one.
Researchers analyzed physical activity data provided by more than 1 million people.
These cells are being studied and developed in numerous labs around the world to create human tissue and potentially treat a variety of human diseases and illnesses.
The ravages of "phossy jaw"—necrosis of the jaw bone caused by phosphorus poisoning—may have been discovered in a young teenager's remains.
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Even a short trip aboard the space shuttle was enough to induce liver disease.
The cold William Henry Harrison caught during his inauguration may not have been what killed him.
Some populations of lowland leopard frogs in Arizona have gene variants that protect them from a deadly fungal disease.
Oncologist Katie Deming was determined to make radiation treatment less painful.
Little craters on dinosaur bones aren’t necessarily battle scars from a death match.
Drones Against Tsetse aims to diminish the next generation of disease-bearing insects.
Scientists say parasitic worms in the guts of Vikings may have made their modern descendants more vulnerable to lung issues.
Geographic concentrations of terms like “#upsetstomach” and “i’m sick great” can clue health departments in to areas of likely contamination.