13-09-02 Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of deadliest infectious diseases of humans, killing 50% of individuals when left untreated. Even today, TB causes 1-2 million deaths every year mainly in developing countries. Multidrug-resistance is a growing threat in...

13-07-04 Neurodegenerative（神经变性的） diseases such as Alzheimer's could be better understood thanks to insight into proteins linked to such conditions, a study suggests. Scientists studying thread-like chains of protein -- called amyloid（淀粉体） fibres...

13-02-27 Scientists have used sugar-coated scaffolding to move a step closer to the routine use of stem cells in the clinic and unlock their huge potential to cure diseases from Alzheimer's to diabetes. Stem cells have the unique ability to turn into any typ...

13-02-03 There is something sinister（阴险的） about epilepsy: the disease affects the very core of our being, our brain. Epileptic attacks can lead to seizures throughout the body or in parts of it. Clouding of consciousness or memory lapses are also possib...

12-12-30 A new study, published Dec. 27 in the open access journal PLOS Biology, finds that vector-borne（媒介传播的） and parasitic diseases have substantial effects on economic development across the globe, and are major drivers of differences in income be...

12-11-13 Most emerging infectious diseases of humans come from animals. International health agencies monitor these diseases, but they do so only for humans and livestock, not for companion dogs and cats. A new study recommends a global system is needed to m...

12-10-25 Big cities in China are on the brink of a major shortfall in resources and infrastructure capacity, under a problem termed urban diseases , a new report has warned. 一项最新报道警告，中国大城市正濒临严重的资源短缺、基础设施承载能力不足等一系列城市问...

12-09-13 The number of children dying before the age of five has fallen significantly over the past 20 years, the UN children's agency Unicef has said. 联合国儿童基金会称，过去20年间低于五岁的儿童的死亡率显著下降。 Some 6.9 million children died before the a...

12-09-04 Scientists have restored the sense of smell in mice through gene therapy for the first time -- a hopeful sign for people who can't smell anything from birth or lose it due to disease. The achievement in curing congenital anosmia（嗅觉缺失症） -- the...

12-07-11 The common barnyard chicken could provide some very un-common clues for fighting off diseases and might even offer new ways to attack cancer, according to a team of international researchers that includes a Texas AM University professor. James Womac...