Latest Diseases Stories
Cuba Announces Release of the World’s First Lung Cancer Vaccine
Cancers Are Newly Evolved Parasitic Species, Biologist Argues
An Ultra-Low-Calorie, Low-Carb Diet is Sufficient to Reverse Type 2 Diabetes, Study Finds
Analytical Method Used for Stock Market Helps Pinpoint A Possible Achilles Heel for HIV
Science Deals: 23andMe Lowers Personal Genome Scan From $200 to $0, Today Only
Rinderpest, the Cattle-Killing Plague, to Become the Second Officially-Eradicated Scourge
Plastic Beads Fight Cancer By Cutting Blood Flow
Moveable Beasts: Tracking Winged Migrations To Predict Weather, Stop Disease, and Save Species
Experimental “Body Reboot” Drug Begins Trial As Preemptive Preventer Of Diabetes
Fragment of Human DNA Found in Genome of Gonorrhea Bacteria
New Handheld Melanoma Scanner Instantly Identifies Skin Cancers With Laser Light
New Genetically Modified Chickens Can’t Transmit Bird Flu, Scientists Say
Giant Rats Can Detect Tuberculosis With Greater Accuracy than a Microscope Test
Science’s Favorite Self-Experimenters, Self-Endangerers, and Self-Agonizers
Via Stem Cell Transplant, German Doctors Say They’ve Cured a Patient’s HIV
Brilliant 10: Raul Rabadan, the Outbreak Sleuth
Researchers Transform Skin Cells Directly Into Blood Cells
How Quickly Could a Single Supervirus Spread to Every Single Person on Earth?
Bacteria Could Be Engineered to Produce Natural Bio-Sunscreen
After 10 Years’ Work, Scientists Unveil Detailed 3-D Map of Virus That Causes the Common Cold
A Protein Killer Could Treat All Cancers, and Possibly All Illnesses
MIT’s New Glucose Meter Checks Blood Sugar Levels With Painless Infrared Light
Wireless, Implantable Glucose Sensor Could Revolutionize Diabetes Treatment
Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Are 100 Percent Resistant to Malaria Parasite
Newly Discovered Antibody Defeats 91 Percent of HIV Strains
Combining Two Competing Cancer Drugs, Study Finds Rare 100% Response Rate
Nano-ink Tattoos Could Continuously Monitor Glucose in Diabetics
Largest-Ever Study On Cancer and Cellphones Finds “No Increase in Risk”
Bayer’s Didget Blood-Sugar Monitor Attaches to Nintendo DS, Enticing Kids to Manage Health
Evidence of First Virus That Infects Both Plants and Humans
Sound Bullets Inspired By Newton’s Cradle Could Sink Subs, Pummel Underground Bunkers, Destroy Tumors
First Spaceborne Infectious Disease Study Exposes Human Cells to Pathogens in Microgravity
Pfizer Employee Claims Company Fired Her After Infection From An Engineered Virus
Humans Could Regenerate Tissue Like Newts By Switching Off a Single Gene
Tested: A Reboot for the Immune System
Gold Nanoparticles and Lasers Kill the Brain Parasite That Causes “Crazy Cat Lady” Syndrome
The Man Who Was Allergic to Radio Waves
Insulin Can Now Be Made Cheaply from Flowers
Compound LJ001 Acts Like Antibiotic Against Viruses
First Artificial Muscles Used to Control Eyelids
Can a Whale Get Rabies?
Hideous Rodent May Provide Cure For Cancer
Surgical Scalpel Sniffs Out Tumors While It Cuts
AIDS-Like Virus Threatens Koalas With Extinction
Radioactive Cancer-Binding Buckyballs For Targeted Chemotherapy
Specially Engineered Bacteria Could Replace Diabetics’ Insulin Shots With Insulin Yogurt Snacks
Tested: Fighting The Great Flu Pandemic Online
Sudoku Puzzles Inspire DNA-Sequencing Breakthrough
Pandemics That Were And Weren’t
The Media and the Flu
So, Do You Really Want to Know?
HIV Resistance Through Oral Sex?
Drop that Sock! Masturbation May Cause Cancer
A Cure for AIDS
Preventing an Outbreak: McCain and Obama on Pandemics
A Cure for the Uncommon Flu
The Drug Resurrector
This Germ Could Save Your Life
Can a Virus Kill Cancer?
Engineers Light Up Cancer Research