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Finally explained: Why kidney disease is so deadly for the heart

Scientists have uncovered a key reason why more than half of people with chronic kidney disease eventually die from heart-related…

4 weeks ago

Ancient DNA reveals the deadly diseases behind Napoleon’s defeat

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have conducted a genetic analysis of the remains of soldiers who retreated from Russia in…

4 months ago

Black mamba venom has a deadly hidden second strike

A breakthrough study at The University of Queensland has discovered a hidden dangerous feature in the Black Mamba one of…

5 months ago

A $2 gold nanotech test that detects deadly diseases in minutes

Researchers at Arizona State University have developed a breakthrough diagnostic tool that could transform how quickly and reliably we detect…

6 months ago

A deadly virus no one talks about — and the HIV drugs that might stop it

Around 10 million people globally live with the life-threatening virus HTLV-1. Yet it remains a poorly understood disease that currently…

7 months ago

AI spots deadly heart risk most doctors can’t see

A new AI model is much better than doctors at identifying patients likely to experience cardiac arrest. The linchpin is…

8 months ago

Smoke from wildland-urban interface fires more deadly than remote wildfires

The smoke from fires that blaze through the wildland-urban interface (WUI) has far greater health impacts than smoke from wildfires…

11 months ago

Giant viruses infect deadly parasite

The single-celled organism Naegleria fowleri ranks among the deadliest human parasites. Researchers around Matthias Horn and Patrick Arthofer from the…

2 years ago

How to slow the spread of deadly ‘superbugs’

Harnessing new advances in genomic surveillance technology could help detect the rise of deadly 'superbugs' and slow their evolution and…

2 years ago