Posts in: Health
When Immune Cells Attack
A white blood cell known as Th-17 might play a pivotal role in autoimmune diseases from psoriasis to rheumatoid arthritis.
Healing our Brains, Changing our Selves?
Personality changes might result from stem cell treatment of neurologic disorders, caution scientists and philosophers at Johns Hopkins University
Hunting for a Malaria Vaccine: Inside a New York University Laboratory
Researchers struggle to produce reliable protection against the malaria parasite.
Chasing the Dream: The World’s Most Powerful Malaria Vaccine
After decades of abandonment, an unlikely experimental malaria vaccine is stirring again, promising to outshine all other candidates in the pharmaceutical pipeline.
Investigating Diabetes Surgery
Scientists have found that weight-loss surgery has a dramatic effect on type 2 diabetes and can even eliminate symptoms. Now, researchers are attempting to find out what is behind this diabetes “cure” and are even looking for alternative ways to mimic the surgery’s results.
