Introduction Onchocerciasis, commonly known as river blindness, is a parasitic disease caused by Onchocerca volvulus affecting millions predominantly in sub-Saharan Africa. Robust epidemiological ...

Interview with Dimitrios Kontoyiannis, Professor and Robert C. Hickey Chair in Clinical ...

Researchers discover a gut-brain-heart axis where the bacterial metabolite IAA regulates hypocretin neurons to control heart stiffness and blood pressure.

Background/aims Posterior capsule opacification (PCO) is the most frequent long-term complication after cataract surgery, caused by proliferation of residual lens epithelial cells (LECs). Metformin, a ...

A deep molecular analysis of failing human hearts suggests diabetes may directly alter cardiac metabolism, but experts differ ...

Mitochondria possess their own mRNA translation system, mediated by specialized mitoribosomes. Dysregulation of mitochondrial translation disrupts metabolic homeostasis and is linked to various ...

Jim Tananbaum, MD, Foresite Capital’s founder and CEO, and Michael Rome, PhD, the managing director who leads the firm’s therapeutics investing practice, discuss the firm’s approach to nurturing ...

As the biochemical basis of asthma is not yet fully understood, researchers from The Catholic University of Korea, the Korea University College of Medicine, and Seoul National University (all in Seoul ...

“One of the strengths of the study is that it explains in detail how this works. The researchers show that vaccine-activated T cells — a type of white blood cell — can “reprogramme” other immune cells ...

The prevalence of waterpipe smoking (WPS) is increasingly recognised as a growing global public health concern. Available studies show that WPS exposes users to toxicants at levels similar to or ...

When the gut is unbalanced with too many harmful organisms, it can lead to unpleasant symptoms in different parts of the body ...

Researchers note the high overall prevalence of RVA on all farms suggests it may utilize other transmission routes.