Blog Topic: Medicine

6 blog(s) on Medicine available

Beta Late Than Never: Delaying Diabetes with Teplizumab

Beta Late Than Never: Delaying Diabetes with Teplizumab

In this blog, we explore the clinical significance of teplizumab for type 1 diabetes.

Zombie Viruses That Come Back From the Dead

Zombie Viruses That Come Back From the Dead

This blog discusses viruses like herpes simplex and hepatitis B, that like a zombie return once you think they have been defeated. 

Mucins: the Snot so Glamorous Future of Medicine?

Mucins: the Snot so Glamorous Future of Medicine?

In this guest blog, Katie Lowles discusses mucins, proteins that form protective mucous barriers in epithelial cells, and recent research highlighting the therapeutic potential of mucins.

The possible autoimmune nature of Parkinson’s disease

The possible autoimmune nature of Parkinson’s disease

Discover new studies describing the auto-immune mechanism associated with the development of Parkinson's Disease.

Killer bugs among us - the kissing bug and the Asian giant hornet

Killer bugs among us - the kissing bug and the Asian giant hornet

While insects are not the deadliest animals they can significantly impact human health. Learn about the killer bug and Asian giant hornet.

Does the Ebola virus ever really go away?

Does the Ebola virus ever really go away?

This blog post provides an update on the current Ebola epidemic, citing evidence that the virus can linger in immune privileged sites inside the body.