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Month: June 2023
Five questions for African countries that want to build climate-resilient health systems
Every day seems to bring a new headline about a devastating climate event. African countries aren’t spared. A “rain bomb”
‘Healthy mum, healthy baby, healthy future’—one year on, what progress have we made?
Most pregnant women will have a healthy pregnancy and give birth to healthy babies. An increasing number of women, however,
Significant progress in small-cell lung cancer research
Small-cell lung cancer is a particularly aggressive type of tumor with a consistently high mortality rate. In recent years, the
The molecular control center of our protein factories
Based on genetic blueprints, individual amino acids are assembled into long amino acid chains, the proteins, in the protein factories
Researcher uses pressure to understand RNA dynamics
Just as space holds infinite mysteries, when we zoom in at the level of biomolecules (one trillion times smaller than
Repurposed drug shows promise for treating cardiac arrhythmias
Ruxolitinib, a drug that is already approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating certain cancers and
Source of common kidney disease lies outside the kidney, study suggests
The cause of a common kidney disease likely lies outside the kidney, according to a new study led by Columbia
Drug decelerates bacterial race to antibiotic resistance
A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine is gaining ground in their search for solutions to the global
All the immunity, none of the symptoms
Worldwide, more than a million deaths occur each year due to diarrheal diseases that lead to dehydration and malnutrition. Yet,
