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Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a serious blood disorder affecting millions of people, primarily those of African descent. A mutation in the gene that encodes a subunit of the oxygen-carrying…

Even as biomedical engineer Anirban Sen Gupta refines artificial platelets to stem traumatic bleeding, he and his colleagues are seeking new uses for their synthetic solution. The latest…

In December 2019, I attended a National Academies of Sciences workshop on the role of…

A team led by engineers at the University of California San Diego has developed a biodegradable polymer system to treat rheumatoid arthritis, an autoimmune and inflammatory disease, by…

Vedolizumab (Entyvio) was more effective at inducing remission in patients with chronic…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uc82OSIdZU Join internal medicine and rheumatology specialist Siobhan Deshauer, MD, and her…

The FDA gave the greenlight to the long-acting antifungal rezafungin (Rezzayo), the first…

Colorectal cancer among young people is increasing globally and rapidly. Experts expect it to become the leading cause of cancer death in individuals aged 20-49 in the U.S. by the year 2030.…

Healthcare providers have a duty to uphold their oath -- first, do no harm -- and…

Scientists from the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute (TBSI) have shed new light on ageing processes in the brain. By linking the increased presence of specialised immune cells to…