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Researchers have created the first "living medicine" to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria growing on the surfaces of medical implants. The researchers created the treatment by removing a common bacteria’s ability to cause disease and repurposing it to attack harmful microbes instead.

Study findings show that active genes do not form clusters and share resources during early development in the fruit fly.

Huntington’s disease is a fatal condition involving the death of brain cells, typically striking in midlife. But researchers have been able to detect the earliest effects in the first two weeks of human embryonic development. 

Fenchol, a natural compound abundant in some plants including basil, can help protect the brain against Alzheimer’s disease pathology, a preclinical study led by University of South Florida Health (USF Health) researchers suggests.

Researchers have identified a regulatory RNA molecule that can help block the expression of a powerful cancer-promoting gene, MYC.

Rice University researchers have discovered that manganese simplifies the process of synthesizing fluoroketones, precursor molecules used in the manufacturing of drugs.

Research finds that Axitinib, a drug commonly used to treat cancer, can restore memory and cognitive function in mice that display symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers at The University of Toledo have developed an experimental vaccine that shows significant promise in preventing rheumatoid arthritis, a painful autoimmune disease that cannot currently be cured.

A team of researchers reports in JAMA that convalescent plasma did not help critically ill COVID-19 patients, according to findings from the convalescent plasma trial, REMAP-CAP.

Promising news in the effort to develop drugs to treat obesity: University of Virginia scientists have identified 14 genes that can cause and three that can prevent weight gain. The findings pave the way for treatments to combat a health problem that affects more than 40% of American adults.