Every year, about 1.5 million people die from lung cancer. Scientists from the Cleveland Clinic and the University of Illinois are working on a new technique that will make it easier to diagnose and treat this terrible disease.
The bacterium Helicobacter pylori re-educates the host's immune system so that it stops attacking the bacterium itself, as well as the cells of the respiratory tract, which significantly reduces the likelihood of developing asthma.
The recently created American Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies, which unites researchers from various scientific institutions across the country, presented projects of its developments in the fight against depression.
Second Sight, the developer of the Argus II (Greek for hundred-eyed) retinal replacement, has published interim results from an international clinical trial in blind patients with retinitis pigmentosa.
Scientists from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies (USA) have discovered proteins that may be the cause of age-related neurological diseases, ranging from mild memory loss to severe forms of dementia.
American scientists have proposed a new explanation for the mechanism of action of resveratrol, a natural compound found in red wine, for example, which is believed to increase life expectancy.
Older adults with high levels of omega-3 fatty acids in their blood have a 30% lower risk of developing cardiac arrhythmia compared to their peers with low levels of omega-3...
The pathogen of this terrible disease suppresses the activation of the immune system by vitamin D: instead of running away or hiding from the watchful eye of the immune system, the bacteria seem to order the immune cells to “lay down their arms.”
