Precision cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors have a previously unknown ability to boost the immune system, and could help many…
Bit by Bit, Scientists Gain Ground Against AIDS
The “London patient,” apparently cured of H.I.V. infection, has gotten all the attention. But other recently revealed advances are more…
THOR wrangles complex microbiomes into a model for improving them
Researchers have developed a community they named THOR, three species of bacteria isolated from soybean roots and grown together. The…
What Lurks Beneath: A Subaortic Membrane
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Update in Outpatient General Internal Medicine: Practice-Changing Evidence Published in 2018
The expansive scope of general internal medicine makes it difficult to identify practice-changing medical literature. Clinical updates can be facilitated…
Small bowel ischaemia
Ischaemia in the small bowel can present as an acute surgical emergency or more insidiously with relatively non-specific symptoms. Acute…
High-speed, 3D microscope captures stunning videos of fruit fly nerve cells in action
Engineers and neuroscientists have joined forces to create 3D videos of individual nerve cells moving, stretching and switching on inside…
Good grief: Victimized employees don’t get a break
As if being picked on wasn’t bad enough, victims of workplace mistreatment may also be seen as bullies themselves, even…
Wide variations in how well or poorly people age
A new study reveals wide variations in how well or poorly people age. A 30-year gap separates countries with the…
No One Is Taking Your Hamburgers. But Would It Even Be a Good Idea?
No, the Green New Deal doesn’t ban beef. And while cutting back on burgers can help your own health and…