11-09-21 Living alone is associated with an increased risk of alcohol-related mortality -- from alcohol-related diseases and accidents -- according to a Finnish study published in PLoS Medicine, suggesting that a lack of social relationships should be regard...

11-09-19 Researchers have developed a valuable mouse genetic blueprint that will accelerate future research and understanding of human genetics. The international team, led by researchers at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the University of Oxford, e...

11-09-03 From 1946 to 1948, American public health doctors deliberately infected nearly 700 Guatemalans prison inmates, mental patients and soldiers with venereal diseases in what was meant as an effort to test the effectiveness of penicillin. 1946至1948年间...

11-08-15 Analyses of the metabolic profile of blood serum（血清） have revealed significant differences in metabolites between men and women. In a study to be published on August 11 in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, scientists at the Helmholtz Zentru...

11-07-04 Scientists from Queen Mary, University of London have discovered a new way of detecting zinc in zebra fish, that could pave the way for furthering our understanding of diseases like type 2 diabetes, prostate cancer and Alzheimer's. The results will...

11-06-10 Mutations in genes essential to survival are behind so-called orphan diseases, explaining in part why these diseases are rare and often deadly, according to a study appearing in The American Journal of Human Genetics. The new finding contrasts sharp...

11-03-23 Specific genetic mutations in women with autoimmune diseases are associated with preeclampsia（子痫前期） a common pregnancy-related problem that can threaten the health of both baby and mother. Furthermore, investigation of these specific genetic m...

11-03-07 Microbicides（杀微生物剂） can be used to protect against HIV, and other sexually transmitted diseases, either on their own or with the added protection of a condom. New research published by BioMed Central's open access journal AIDS Research and Th...

11-03-07 Scientists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute have identified the key immune cell population responsible for regulating the body's immune response. The finding could have wide-ranging repercussions（反响，影响） for the treatment of autoimmune...

11-02-24 Disasters such as floods, tsunamis, and earthquakes often result in the spread of diseases like gastroenteritis（肠胃炎） , giardiasis（贾第虫病） and even cholera（霍乱） because of an immediate shortage of clean drinking water. Now, chemistry rese...