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Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine Monday for discoveries about how the immune system knows to attack germs and not our own bodies.This post was originally published on this site

Research into hormones that regulate appetite is seen leading the race for the Nobel Prize in Medicine, to be awarded Monday—the first in this year’s Nobel season.This post was originally published on this site

The symptoms come on quickly—acute fever, followed by debilitating joint pain that can last for months. Though rarely fatal, the chikungunya virus, a mosquito-borne illness, can be particularly severe for high-risk individuals, including newborns and […]

Researchers at James Cook University have discovered that venoms from two species of stonefish possess powerful immunosuppressive properties and could pave the way for the development of new drugs. Their findings are reported in Toxicon.This […]

Matthew Taylor likened his recently published work alongside doctoral student Gary Dunn to kicking over a rock. Once the discovery was made, it was time to see what lay beneath.This post was originally published on […]

Researchers have found the first direct evidence that tiny particles of air pollution stick to red blood cells, meaning they can travel freely around the body.This post was originally published on this site

For years, virtual reality (VR) has been used in pain management for hospitalized adults and children, to take their minds off their discomfort, but typically the technology has been a solo experience for the patient.This […]

Researchers at the University of Bath, in collaboration with the Universities of Oxford and Bristol, have developed a molecule that prevents the clumping and build-up of a protein linked to Parkinson’s disease and related dementias. […]

Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Dell Medical School researchers report that rising rates of early-onset cancer in the United States may reflect more diagnoses rather than more disease.This post was originally published […]

Researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, Boston Medical Center, and Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, have developed a software platform to help scientists more easily […]