Fentanyl vaccine potential 'game changer' for opioid epidemic
A breakthrough discovery could have major implications for the nation's opioid epidemic by becoming a relapse-prevention vaccine for people trying to quit using opioids.
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In Conversation: What makes breast cancer come back? Which affects millions of life.
Millions of people live with breast cancer, the most common form of cancer worldwide — and also, in most cases, one of the most treatable. However, even after successful treatment, breast cancer can recur.
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Where should journals escalate serious concerns about an institution or institutional review board?
A publisher received a submission to one of their journals that raised ethical concerns. The concerns were related to potential harm or undue risk for participants who may be vulnerable.
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Researchers found a new weapon against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
The unreasonable use of antibiotics has pushed bacteria to develop resistance mechanisms to this type of treatment. This phenomenon, known as antibiotic resistance, is now considered by the WHO as one of the greatest threats to health. The lack of treatment against multi-resistant bacteria could bring us back to a time when millions of people died of pneumonia or salmonella.
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Study Offers Insight into Immune Mechanisms of Inflammatory Disease
Preclinical model of intestinal parasitic infection. Digitally colored: Red (intestine), green (parasitic worms), large blue dots within intestine (specialized cells called goblet cells, a signature of type 2 inflammation). Image provided by Dr. Hiroshi Yano and Dr. David Artis.
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Cellular housekeeping process implicated in fatal neurological disorder
Neurons made from Huntington's disease patients' skin cells shed light on cognitive decline
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