Air Pollution :: Even low air pollution can boost premature death risk
Even comparatively low levels of air pollution boost the chances of an early death, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax.
Even comparatively low levels of air pollution boost the chances of an early death, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator William R. Jacobs and colleagues have produced a genetically altered strain of tuberculosis (TB) that elicits a stronger immune response than the current vaccine, bacillus Calmette-Gu?rin (BCG).
A woman, whose ovaries had failed due to damage caused by chemotherapy and radiotherapy, has received a successful ovarian transplant from her genetically non-identical sister.
A new study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers confirms that female mice that receive bone marrow transplantation after fertility-destroying chemotherapy can go on to have successful pregnancies throughout their normal reproductive life.
A special type of cell found in the eye has been found to be very important in regenerating the retina in zebrafish and restoring vision even after extensive damage.
The microorganism that causes tuberculosis, M. Tuberculosis, infects more than a one third of the world’s population.
Media coverage of the recently introduced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine?including talk of state-mandated vaccination programs?has brought considerable attention, if not always clarity, to this issue.
The results of a study conducted in Ghana show that breastfeeding babies as early as within the first hour of birth can save hundreds of thousands of infants’ lives in developing countries.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed three new cases of people with West Nile virus, bringing the total to six human cases of West Nile virus in Illinois for 2007.
A variation in a gene called GRIK4 appears to make people with depression more likely to respond to the medication citalopram (Celexa) than are people without the variation, a study by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, has found.