malaria

The CDC has reported that at least eight malaria infections in Florida and Texas have been detec

The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is perhaps the world’s most prestigious medical journal, so it is both interesting and informative to see its editors’ compilation of what they consider its “notable articles” of the previous year. T

Within high-density lipids are proteins, apolipoproteins to be exact, that bind to fats to aid transport and assist in metabolism. One of them, apolipoprotein L1 (APOL 1), is a ubiquitous but relatively minor player in fat transport.

By Katherine Seley-Radtke, University of Maryland, B

By James Leahy, University of South Florida

One final observation on our great post-war successes in controlling malaria by targeting its vector, the Anopheles mosquito.

Malaria is a notoriously tricky infectious disease. Because of a unique genetic flexibility, it is able to change surface proteins, avoiding the immune response and greatly complicating vaccine development.

Dr. Henry Heimlich, thoracic surgeon and creator of the famed maneuver that saves people from choking to death, died at the age of 96.  

A study by Jaleta et al.

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