The human intestine is vital for both digestion and absorbing nutrients as well as drugs. For any type of research that involves intestines, scientists require research models that reflect the physiological...

What is the difference between a doctor of medicine (an M.D.) and a doctor of osteopathic medicine (a D.O.)? It’s a question many Americans may be asking after learning that Dr. Sean Conley, who...

In a study published in Autophagy, researchers at the University of Maryland (UMD) shed new light on how Zika virus hijacks our own cellular machinery to break down a protein that is essential for neurological...

Researchers from the Universities of Oxford, Sydney and Southampton have shown that increasing levels of workload are associated with an increased risk of incident knee OA; particularly among men. The...

The number of people throughout the world who suffer from fish allergy is constantly increasing. The collagen contained in fish is an important allergen for many sufferers, but is present in insufficient...

At one of my lowest points with my eating disorder, just thinking about food was enough to induce a panic attack. I was 21 and had spent years feeling ashamed of myself for being overweight. Now I was...

Dr. Michelle Barron, medical director of infection prevention and control at UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital, received an unusual call last month from the microbiology lab: confirmation of the...

How do you make a mask as effective as the N95 respirators used by healthcare workers treating COVID-19 patients? Northeastern researchers sought solutions from materials that are available to the public. https://youtube.com/watch?v=h2t3BLEqyxM%3Fcolor%3Dwhite Source:...

There’s new evidence that a 2,000-year-old medicine might offer hope against a modern scourge: COVID-19. The medication, called colchicine, is an anti-inflammatory taken as a pill. It’s long...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an important innovation in diagnostics, because it can quickly learn to recognize abnormalities that a doctor would also label as a disease. But the way that these systems...