A single injection of a new, experimental form of self-amplifying RNA prolonged hormone synthesis for many weeks, healing the heart in pigs.

One experimental injection helped mice and pigs heal after heart attack by boosting a protective heart hormone. (CREDIT: ...

Zero: That’s the number of new HIV infections among young women and adolescent girls who took a twice-yearly preventive medicine. Researchers tested a new formulation of pre-exposure prophylaxis, or ...

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fibrocell Science, Inc. (OTC: FCSC) today announced that its Phase 2 study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of azficel-T (LAVIV®) for the treatment of patients with ...

Scientists have designed a new type of oral capsule that could mean pain-free delivery of insulin and other protein drugs. Protein drugs had proven challenging to deliver orally as the drugs degrade ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Can the heredity of an organism be altered after conception? This age-old problem has now been attacked from a new angle: ducks. The doers are Professor Jacques Benoit, who holds the chair of ...