Streptococcus Group A affects close to 20% of U.S. children, according to Dr. Joshua Osowicki, senior research fellow at the ...

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A new software algorithm developed at Caltech enables researchers to easily search for viruses in RNA sequence data, enabling ...

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A special type of chewing gum can 'trap' and neutralize some influenza and herpes viruses, according to new experiments from scientists in the US and Finland.

A team of researchers has made a discovery in fruit flies that could change the way we understand brain diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's in humans. The scientists found that Eato -- a ...

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Scientists found a compound that appears to counter common mutations behind POLG-related diseases, rare conditions that harm ...

The findings could serve as the basis for detecting disease-associated variants in a range of common diseases. The findings were published online today by the American Journal of Human Genetics.

Virginia Tech researchers discovered six new rodent carriers of hantavirus and identified U.S. hotspots, highlighting the ...

A single serving of an erythritol-sweetened drink could harm brain and blood vessel health, a new cellular study suggests.