Former football pros die at a faster rate than baseball veterans—and the reasons are surprising
Study is the first to compare elite athletes who played in the same era
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Genetically engineered immune cells fight off deadly virus in mice
Approach could help protect people from diseases for which there are no vaccines -
‘Ultraprocessed’ foods may make you eat more, clinical trial suggests
In a monthlong study, people ate more calories on a processed diet, but the reasons are unclear -
Snakebites, a globally neglected killer, get a ‘transformational’ injection of research funds
£80 million Wellcome Trust program will improve antivenoms and look for new treatments -
Viruses genetically engineered to kill bacteria rescue girl with antibiotic-resistant infection
Students helped find the viruses, called phages, that treated lung transplant patient, but strategy may be hard to repeat for other infections -
As gene testing surges, lawsuits aren’t far behind
Experts want clearer laws, regulations as medical standards evolve -
DRC expands Ebola vaccine campaign as cases mount rapidly
New strategies are deployed to slow spread of the deadly disease and better protect response teams -
Experimental Huntington disease drug reduces toxic protein, newly published data confirm
HTTRx drops spinal fluid levels of deadly brain protein -
Permits were supposed to make climbing Yosemite’s Half Dome safer. They made things worse
Study finds injuries and death per person rose after national park began to restrict access -
Boys with a rare muscle disease are breathing on their own, thanks to gene therapy
New results cap a year of early stage successes for muscle disorders -
House panel proposes $2 billion increase for NIH
Appropriators once again reject deep cuts proposed by White House -
Lab-grown patch of heart muscle and other cells could fix ailing hearts
Now in animal tests, patch is big enough to stitch to a human heart -
Dengue vaccine fiasco leads to criminal charges for researcher in the Philippines
Rose Capeding could face years in prison for her role in clinical trials of Dengvaxia -
How long do vaccines last? The surprising answers may help protect people longer
Scientists are developing vaccines that produce more durable immune responses and debating when booster shots are needed -
Long-underfunded Lyme disease research gets an injection of money—and ideas
Federal funds offered for prevention of tickborne illnesses -
Ebola outbreak in Congo still not an international crisis, WHO decides
Cases top 1000 amid funding woes, but virus has yet to jump borders
