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A new software tool developed by Texas Biomedical Research Institute and collaborators can help scientists and vaccine developers quickly edit genetic blueprints of pathogens to make them less harmful.

A new study has found that the drug fomepizole – already approved by the US Federal Drug Administration to treat methanol poisoning – can help to treat antibiotic-resistant pneumonia in mice.

A new targeted drug has sparked remissions in patients with a common form of leukemia and also induced the cancer cells to reveal one of their schemes for resistance.

An antidepressant medication called bupropion, also used for smoking cessation, may help people stop using cocaine while in treatment for opioid use disorder.

A new study has found that patients with cystic fibrosis can safely take a new drug combination for four years while maintaining previously achieved clinical improvement.

A new study by scientists at the University of Alberta sheds light on how a moderate fever can be beneficial when illness strikes. The research – conducted in fish – is published in eLife.

Researchers have found that a new genetic animal model of Down syndrome is more similar to the changes seen in humans and shows milder cognitive traits than a previously studied model.

Researchers have identified a possible genetic driver of uterine corpus endometrial cancer, the fourth deadliest cancer in women.

In a new study in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, researchers describe a less expensive way to isolate and identify tiny antibodies derived from llamas.

New research has found a molecule that could be a target for treatment in epilepsy patients who have become resistant to traditional anti-seizure drugs.