Measles is caused by a highly contagious virus that’s airborne and spreads easily when an infected person breathes, sneezes or coughs. It is preventable through vaccines, and has been considered ...

State Key Laboratory of Chemo and Biosensing, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Biomacromolecular Chemial Biology, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, ...

Tobacco remains a significant preventable cause of death in Canada, with approximately 46,000 people dying from tobacco-related illnesses every year. For this reason, we remain steadfast in our ...

Suffering on such an immense scale can appear hopeless. However, a technique called CRISPR gene editing promises to help deal with these issues and many more—and wise regulation can spur it on.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — A High Court judge has ordered the Trinidad and Tobago government to pay an estimated TT$70,000 in compensation to an international tobacco distributor with a ...

A team of researchers from China developed a new CRISPR–Cas9 system based on virus-like particles that can be customized to deliver ribonucleoproteins to specific cells. They reported that the ...

A UN treaty that addresses the global tobacco epidemic has saved millions of lives over the past two decades, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. The agency is this week celebrating ...

Extensive coronavirus research has led to the discovery of a new bat virus called HKU5-CoV-2. According to a new study published in the medical journal Cell, the new virus can enter human cells using ...

Can the new bat virus, HKU5-CoV-2, lead to another pandemic? According to Chinese researchers, the new coronavirus potentially transmits from animals to humans, and has reignited concerns about the ...

And it is at this intersection that the future of medicine is being written, with innovations like CRISPR and CAR-T therapy ... is capable of recognising the virus and destroying it.