Vitamin B5 could be the key to treating a rare genetic disease, a study has found.

Published Date: 08 Mar 2023

A study by Concordia undergraduate students suggests that a simple vitamin can cure a rare but life-threatening disease.

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About 5,500 years ago, bands of hunter-gatherers inhabited the Lake Baikal region in Siberia, sustained by rich resources including prey such as elk, deer, moose, fish,...

(Refiles to fix typo in ⁠country name)

G7 leaders called ⁠on Tuesday for a strong and ⁠coordinated response to the Ebola ⁠outbreak in ‌Congo, urging other nations to dedicate resources in a bid to ensure ‌the...

A clutch of advocacy groups on Tuesday urged the U.S. government to make an experimental Ebola treatment by ⁠Mapp Biopharmaceutical available for clinical trials and...

What does it take to earn patients’ trust? Historian Sophia Rosenfeld, PhD, of the University of Pennsylvania describes the elements that matter in addition to knowledge.

Adding azithromycin to beta-lactams in hospitalized patients with community-acquired pneumonia does not improve clinical efficacy, including those with SOFA scores ≥ 2.

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