Molecular targets for therapies that could prevent breast cancer recurrence have been identified by a group of German, Norwegian and British scientists who analyzed tumor cells that proved resistant to...

The Australian government has pre-purchased 300,000 courses of an experimental antiviral oral drug called molnupiravir. Interim results announced by the company, US pharmaceutical Merck, show the drug...

The severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a ribonucleic acid (RNA) virus that causes the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). RNA viruses are prone to high rates of mutation....

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Northwell Health, the largest hospital system in New York state, fired 1,400 employees...

The onset of puberty, the developmental stage at which adolescents reach sexual maturity, is known to be associated with the activity of a specific class of neurons, namely gonadotropin-releasing hormone...

Researchers have identified a potential new treatment that suppresses the replication of SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. In order to multiply, all viruses, including coronaviruses, infect...

As a young adult, Javier Evelyn didn’t always carry his epinephrine autoinjector, which dispenses the medicine he needs if he has a food allergy reaction. It wasn’t cool to carry a clunky...

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A new industry-academic partnership between the University of Oxford and biopharmaceutical company NuCana as found that chemotherapy drug NUC-7738, derived from a Himalayan fungus, has 40 times greater...

Here in Britain we’re lucky that the average life expectancy of both men and women is quite high. In fact, according to worldometers we take the 29th highest spot for lifespan in the world at 81.77 years...