Deadly Ebola probably touched down in Lagos, Nigeria, the largest city in Africa, on 20 July. A man who was thought to be infected with
Since the discovery that not all fat cells are created equal, there has been a search for ways to reliably identify the so-called “good,” metabolically
When a couple has a child with a genetic disorder, they often ask how likely they are to pass the disorder on to another child.
Mutations in one or more copies of mitochondrial DNA, known as heteroplasmies, are likely to be much more common in healthy people than previously anticipated.
The effects of malnutrition in the late stages of a female mouse’s pregnancy can produce epigenetic changes in the sperm of her male offspring. While
The H7N9 strain of bird flu circulating in China appears to have easily developed resistance to antiviral drug treatment, according to the authors of a
Fourteen adults are nearly rid of HIV following aggressive treatment soon after contracting the virus, according to a paper published in PLOS Pathogens earlier this week (March
A baby in rural Mississippi appears to have been cured of an HIV infection, likely because doctors started treatment 30 hours after birth. This is
A baby in rural Mississippi appears to have been cured of an HIV infection, likely because doctors started treatment 30 hours after birth. This is
Amid a severe flu season, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week (January 16) approved the first recombinant flu vaccine, Flublok, which protects against
Insects transmit some of the world’s most debilitating pathogens, including those responsible for malaria, dengue fever, Chagas disease, and sleeping sickness. So, naturally, the best
Recently, The New England Journal of Medicine gave you the opportunity to share your opinions regarding government regulation of sugar-sweetened beverages in Clinical Decisions, an interactive feature designed to assess how readers would manage a clinical problem for which there may be more than one appropriate approach. Two experts presented arguments, one in favor of government regulation and one opposed. Readers were asked to decide between these two approaches and to share their thoughts on this controversial topic.
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