
Rift Valley Fever epidemic kills at least 32 in Niger
At least 32 people have died since late August in an epidemic of Rift Valley fever in the western Niger region of Tahoua, the country's health ministry said Thursday. ... more
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HIV treatment soars, but young African women suffer: UN
The number of HIV-infected people taking anti-retroviral medicine has doubled in just five years, the UN said Monday, while highlighting high infection rates among young African women. ... more
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Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn
China starts construction of Tibet mega-dam
Brazil's Congress passes bill easing environmental licensing rules
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Biologists give bacteria thermostat controls
A new helper in the fight against cancer and other diseases of the gut may be genetically altered bacteria that release medicines to tumors or the gut. Now, a new study performed using mice demonstr ... more
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Tiny super magnets could be the future of drug delivery
Microscopic crystals could soon be zipping drugs around your body, taking them to diseased organs. In the past, this was thought to be impossible - the crystals, which have special magnetic properti ... more
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Netherlands steps up measures to fight bird flu
The Netherlands shuttered petting zoos and banned duck hunting as it stepped up measures Monday to stem a bird flu outbreak blamed for killing scores of poultry and more than a thousand wild birds. ... more
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Vietnam destroys huge ivory, rhino horn cache
Vietnam destroyed a huge stockpile of ivory and rhino horn Saturday, urging the public to stop consuming illegal wildlife products driving several species towards extinction. ... more
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Analog series-based scaffolds: a new definition that may aid medicinal chemistry
While the Bemis-Murcko approach to scaffold analysis has remained the go-to definition for computational medicinal chemistry for the past few decades, it is not without its shortcomings.
New r ... more
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