UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH IMAGE: A VOLUNTEER BEING INJECTED WITH MALARIA PARASITES. CREDIT: PROFESSOR ALEX ROWE, PERSONAL CHAIR OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE, INSTITUTE OF INFECTION AND IMMUNOLOGY RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH Scientists have discovered that tracking malaria as it develops in humans is a powerful way to detect how the malaria parasite causes a range of infection outcomes...
BY TIM CHILDERS NOV 19, 2020 GETTY IMAGES A landmark study shows the reversal of biological aging in humans. The researchers used oxygen therapy in a pressurized chamber to reverse aging in two key biological clocks. The study showed lengthening in the telomeres of chromosomes and a decrease in cells known to cause aging. The cure for aging has long...
FEBRUARY 20, 2021 Credit: CC0 Public Domain Russia said Saturday its scientists had detected the first case of transmission of the H5N8 strain of avian flu to humans and had alerted the World Health Organization. In televised remarks, the head of Russia’s health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, said scientists at the Vektor laboratory had isolated...
