An experimental vaccine against the Zika virus reduced the amount of virus in pregnant rhesus macaques and improved fetal outcomes. The work could help support development and approval of the experimental Zika DNA vaccine VRC5283, which is currently in early stage trials in humans. The results are published Dec. 18 in Science Translational Medicine.
A WEHI-led study has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut health. The pre-clinical…
Findings from a first-of-its-kind virtual trial in pulmonary medicine, conducted at Rutgers and many other institutions, suggest adding an inhaled corticosteroid to rescue therapy could…
According to Québec’s public health research center, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ), the proportion of people suffering from asthma in the…
Regulatory T cells with engineered specificity for HLA-DQ2.5–restricted deamidated gluten peptides exert bystander suppression in vivo.
Nature – Genomics reveals zoonotic and sustained human Mpox spread in West Africa
Nature Communications – CaV2.1 channels are critical for neuronal communication. Here, authors showed they undergo electrically-evoked molecular movements which (1) eventually trigger…
Nature Cell Biology – Hsu, Wang, Manne et al. identify ALDH4A1 as a component of the mitochondrial pyruvate carrier complex, which plays a non-canonical role…
If you have cancer, you expect to see an oncologist, but if you have heart failure you may or may not see a cardiologist. According…
Wearable technologies are revolutionizing health care, but design limitations in adhesive-based personal monitors have kept them from meeting their full potential.
Approximately 30% of the global population is affected by metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MASLD), a condition that previously lacked targeted treatments. Researchers have now identified…
