New evidence that SARS cripples the immune system
New research gleaned from blood samples of SARS patients suggests that those who died from the disease had immune systems that crashed, while the immune systems of those who survived were better able...
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The Chinese province of Yunnan was the country’s point of entry for HIV, and is the area in which the AIDS epidemic is most widespread. The viral mutations that exist in Yunnan are far more diverse...
View ArticleMuscle gene may provide new treatments for obesity and diabetes
In muscle, a protein called MED1 normally suppresses a genetic program that holds in check certain energy expenditure pathways. But when Rockefeller University scientists removed this gene in mice, a...
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