Immunotherapy is a promising treatment that recruits the immune system to help fight cancer, but it has had limited success
Category: Health
Stopping severe malaria by harnessing natural human antibodies
Malaria, particularly in its severe forms, remains a global health and economic burden. It causes the deaths of more than
War impacts the function of children’s DNA and slows development
Children living in war-torn countries not only suffer from poor mental health outcomes, but war may cause adverse biological changes
Climate change and air pollution could risk 30 million lives annually by 2100
A new study projects a sharp rise in temperature- and pollution-related mortality, with the impact of temperature surpassing that of
How children learned for 99% of human history
Unlike kids in the United States, hunter-gatherer children in the Congo Basin have often learned how to hunt, identify edible
Psychotic-like experiences in adolescents linked to depression and self-destructive behavior
Psychotic-like experiences resemble symptoms of psychosis, but are milder, less frequent and much more common than psychotic disorders. While these
Neuroscientists discover how the brain slows anxious breathing
Deep breath in, slow breath out… Isn’t it odd that we can self-soothe by slowing down our breathing? Humans have
HIV latency reversing properties in African plant
A collaboration between The Wistar Institute and the University of Buea in Cameroon has uncovered the mechanisms for a medicinal
Cardiovascular drugs may reduce dementia risk
Common cardiovascular drugs are linked to a lower risk of dementia in older age, according to a new study from
Brain-based visual impairment in children
Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged