As reported in Nature Communications, researchers from Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute have developed a novel, patient-derived model of ulcerative colitis, which will help advance studies...

Researchers at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) have identified a potential drug combination to treat uveal melanoma, a type of eye cancer. Lead author Amanda Truong,...

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden, together with their colleagues at the Barcelona Beta Research Centre in Spain, the University Medical Centre in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the University...

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to cause significant illness and death while treatment options remain limited. St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have discovered a potential strategy...

TUESDAY, Oct. 6, 2020 — Leaking bacteria from the intestine triggers “creeping fat” that often occurs in people with Crohn’s disease, according to a new study. Creeping fat is abdominal...

Scientists identify 21 drugs that show promise for treating COVID-19 – including four that might be used with remdesivir to combat the virus Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery...

A team from Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are the first in the world to profile the body’s immune response to COVID-19. By studying blood samples from critically ill patients...

Lung cancers account for approximately 25 percent of all cancer deaths. Even among those who do not smoke, 1 in 15 men and 1 in 17 women are expected to develop lung cancer in their lifetime, according...

New hope for beating malaria as scientists identify microbe living in mosquitoes’ genitals that stops them catching or spreading the killer disease The malaria-blocking bug, Microsporidia MB, found...

An active immune system plays an important role in stopping cancer progression by identifying tumor cells and targeting them for destruction. Any deviation in the normal activities of the immune system...