Some viruses that make us sick are cleared by the immune system within days, while others lurk in our bodies for a lifetime and reemerge later to cause new problems. How and why viral levels in the body change over time—and ...
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Direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) can cure hepatitis C (HCV) in more than 95% of individuals treated. But only 1 in 3 people with HCV in the U.S. receive treatment within a year of diagnosis. A new study by investigators from ...
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Monash University and Seaport Therapeutics have developed a new approach to delivering drug molecules that piggybacks onto natural fat absorption pathways to allow oral delivery of some drugs previously requiring injection. ...
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Enriching the diet with wheat fiber protects mice against intestinal inflammation, according to a study published by researchers at the Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBMS) at Georgia State University. The finding helps ...
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University College Dublin researchers have developed a robotic model of the human esophagus, transforming how swallowing disorders are studied, diagnosed and treated. Dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, affects around 20% ...
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection worldwide and can cause various types of cancer. Prophylactic HPV vaccination is highly effective and has been recommended in Switzerland since ...
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When animals move through complex visual environments, the brain cannot afford to analyze every detail one by one. Instead, it rapidly extracts the overall structure of the scene—for example, the mean (average) direction ...
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Living with a dog does not seem to worsen long-term asthma severity in children with allergic asthma, but may increase the risk of asthma exacerbations slightly, according to a study from Karolinska Institutet in Sweden that ...
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Hemoglobin is a vital protein found in red blood cells and its primary function is to transport oxygen from the lungs to various tissues throughout the body. According to Finnish reference values, normal hemoglobin levels ...
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