A new rapid test for hepatitis C could help identify many more patients who could be cured of the deadly disease, but its use ...

We’re all mostly human. 8% of your genome comes from viruses. In A Nutshell Scientists captured the first detailed images of ...

A new study explains how pancreatic tumors use a sugar coating to hide from the immune system and shows that a newly ...

A multicenter study led by UC Davis Health has tested a new treatment designed to improve care for people with a rare liver ...

Billions of prescriptions for generic drugs are filled in the U.S. annually. The FDA tests only a few dozen of them every ...

Under new draft guidance from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), computer models, lab-grown mini-organs, and human studies will replace six-month repeat-dose toxicity tests in monkeys for ...

Drugmakers may no longer have to test certain experimental antibody drugs on monkeys and other primates to assess their safety, according to draft guidelines the Food and Drug Administration published ...

Rocket Lab launched its hypersonic test vehicle for the sixth time ever this week. The HASTE suborbital rocket lifted off Tuesday (Nov. 18) at 8 a.m. EST (1300 GMT) from Rocket Lab's Launch Complex 2 ...

Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) is a debilitating hereditary condition in which fluid-filled sacs form and proliferate in the kidneys. Over time, the painful, growing cysts rob the organs of their ...

Autoimmune disorders occur when the body’s immune system cannot differentiate between cells that are its own and pathogens. Consequently, the body’s immune system attacks itself causing inflammation ...

Image of antibodies created from scratch. (UW Institute for Protein Design / Ian C. Haydon Graphic) Researchers from Nobel Laureate David Baker’s lab and the University of Washington’s Institute for ...

Introduction Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is a mosquito-borne flavivirus that causes encephalitis and other morbidity in Southeast Asia. Since February 2022, geographically dispersed JEV human, ...