Tuberculosis, or TB, is a contagious bacterial infection that primarily affects the lungs. While curative treatments exist, more than 80% of cases occur in low- and middle-income nations, where drug-resistant strains are on the rise and the cost of medications is a burden. A new class of antibiotics has shown promise against multidrug- and extensively drug-resistant TB, but its manufacturing cost…
Many cancer treatments work by exploiting weaknesses in tumor cells, overwhelming their ability to survive, repair damage or continue growing. Yet some cancer cells manage to survive treatment.
His Excellency the Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani met Wednesday with Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Memorial Sloan Kettering…
(MedPage Today) -- Older age should not discourage healthy women with a genetic risk for ovarian cancer from considering risk-reducing bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO), investigators in a study…
