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Chemistry Nobel: Keeping DNA in Good Repair
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for discoveries of the mechanisms by which cells maintain the integrity of their DNA sequences ...
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for discoveries of the mechanisms by which cells maintain the integrity of their DNA sequences ...
Analgesics struggle to get through clinical trials as the response to sham treatments has become stronger
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their discoveries of a medication against roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria...
The 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine goes jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura for their studies leading to novel therapies against infections caused by roundworm parasites and to Youyou Tu for her work developing a novel therapy against malaria ...
Everyone with HIV should be given antiretroviral drugs as soon as possible after diagnosis, meaning 37 million people worldwide should be on treatment, the WHO said
The potentially pricey treatment shows promise against progressive MS, a disease marked by steadily worsening symptoms
Alarming gaps in knowledge about diagnostic errors and medical delays require intense scrutiny, says an expert medical advisory group
At the recent DARPA Wait What? conference, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said lifesaving technologies are a priority for his department
The NIH has touted new health goals this summer without evidence for patient safety
The transition to 142,000 new diagnostic and procedure codes from the current 19,000 could significantly alter our understanding of care and how to improve it
A rough draft has been released for an effort to offer better health care tailored to each individual in the era of whole-genome analysis
Drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline is criticized for delaying access to data about its antidepressant paroxetine (Seroxat, Paxil) that would have shown earlier that it is neither safe or effective in adolescents...
New report provides the most comprehensive picture yet of antibiotic use and resistance worldwide, and it isn't pretty
Compelling findings suggest widely available medications cut the risk of death among older Americans by nearly a quarter
A study confirms the widespread use of drugs to control disruptive and aggressive behavior
A broader understanding of bacterial social networks might help scientists combat antibiotic resistance
The vast majority of U.S. kindergarten-age children are vaccinated against preventable diseases but sizable pockets of unprotected children still exist, posing a public health threat
Scientists have no shortage of ideas about how to stop tick-borne illnesses. What is holding them back?
Synthetic marijuana is cheap, widespread, hard to track and highly toxic
MERS inoculation triggers response in monkeys and camels, raising hopes for future human use
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