Meet C. elegans, a cheap, simple, transparent and hermaphroditic model for research into neurodegeneration and immune response.
It all began with swim goggles, a light bulb and a video camera: Researcher Alain Labrique has created a portable device that can identify vitamin A deficiency in the field.
School faculty are on the trail of 'pro-ana' and 'pro-mia' websites, the go-to resources for anorexics and bulimics in search of unhealthy tips for purging and dieting.
How well are the NGOs providing disaster relief in Haiti? Researchers Paul Perrin and Tom Kirsch will conduct a customer satisfaction survey in Leogane and Port-au-Prince.
Direct observation treatment has proven successful for TB patients. Can it help AIDS patients survive longer?
Injection drug users have one of the fastest rising AIDS infection rates, and are a critical factor in the global pandemic.
"To move is to risk death, and to not move is to be dead already." Find out how the baby boomer generation is keeping itself moving, for better and for worse.
In the pediatrician's office, mental health is often overlooked. Researchers are developing techniques that primary care providers can use to flag problems.
A community-based obstetric care program in eastern Burma shows dramatic results in delivering skilled care to women before, during and after childbirth.
Bloomberg School faculty and alumni are on hand at President Barack Obama's announcement of a U.S. National AIDS Strategy.
Findings about men, women and vaccines; good and bad news on alcohol ads geared to youth; and an on-the-street outreach strategy gets results in preventing youth violence.
A milestone study uncovers connections between marital status and injury in elderly Chinese and yields useful information for injury prevention.
Clinical trials to evaluate a new vaccine against dengue fever are particularly timely following an outbreak of the disease in Key West.
Biochemist Valeria Culotta explains how the humble worm C. elegans is making research discoveries possible.
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