Dolutegravir-based antiretroviral therapies (ART) for HIV-1 are more effective for pregnant people than some other ART regimens commonly used in the U.S. and Europe, according to a study led by…
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Discovery of rare genetic mutations could lead to new cholesterol treatment
An unexplained case of severe coronary artery disease in a seemingly healthy young man led scientists at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and College of Medicine to a…
Study finds tiny brain area controls work for rewards
A tiny but important area in the middle of the brain acts as a switch that determines when an animal is willing to work for a reward and when it…
What you know changes how you see things
Researchers at the George Washington University have gained important insight into how the human brain processes an object in the visual system and where in the brain this processing takes…
Researchers identify three proteins which have the potential to prevent heart failure after heart attack
Scientists working to develop new therapies and treatments for heart failure patients have discovered three proteins that can be injected immediately after a heart attack, which have the potential to…
New technology offers pathways to finding treatments for kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease and eventual kidney failure are incurable diseases that affect 13% of the U.S. population, particularly those with high blood pressure and diabetes. These diseases degrade the "podocyte"…
First US patient receives autologous stem cell therapy to treat dry AMD
At the National Institutes of Health, a surgical team successfully implanted a patch of tissue made from patient cells with the goal of treating advanced "dry" age-related macular degeneration (AMD),…