A new generation of drugs could ‘switch off’ asthma, effectively curing it. That would mean no more puffers and no more flare-ups.
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Katherine Brabon’s novel explores the roles of faith, science and storytelling in explaining and treating illness – and offering agency to the ill.
Former service members already face stark challenges as they integrate back into civilian life. Cuts to veterans’ services will make that only worse.
Finding a cure for HIV is hard, because it locks into an individual’s DNA.
Cell cultures have shown promise in representing diseases. The Petri dish is not as different from a sick person as one might think.
Manufacturing is just one part of the vaccine ecosystem. It’s the health system that delivers vaccines and people must be willing to take them.
Headlines around the world declared that a second person was cured of their HIV. But while the results are encouraging, we’re a long way from a cure.
If the curative thesis is true, then most medicine throughout history – as well as much contemporary medicine – isn’t medicine at all.
Because we’re still not sure exactly what causes dementia, finding a treatment is difficult.
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Director, Clem Jones Centre for Ageing Dementia Research, The University of Queensland
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Group Leader, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya; Associate Professor, Centre for Tropical Medicine & Global Health, University of Oxford
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Science Writer, Queensland Brain Institute, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Philosophy of Science, Durham University
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Assistant Professor of Nursing, University of Michigan
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Étudiant au doctorat en psychologie, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Université de Montréal
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Director for basic and translational science, Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI)
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Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science, UMass Amherst
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Lecturer in Creative Writing, Curtin University
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Professor and Director of the Centre for Lung Health Research, The University of Melbourne
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Head, Respiratory Program, George Institute for Global Health; UNSW ; University of Sydney