Scientists Find New Receptor for H.I.V.
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The discovery of a new way that H.I.V. attacks human cells could provide fresh avenues for the development of additional therapies to stop AIDS, scientists say.
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Scientists have created a synthetic drug  which could offer new hope in the fight against malaria.
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Scientists show how the proteins that cause vCJD bypass the body's defences and enter the bloodstream.
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Scientists said on Wednesday they had  made a breakthrough in the race to develop a drug for the H5N1  bird flu virus if it mutates into a form that can jump from  human to human.
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Scientists believe they are a step closer to understanding how to block the transmission of HIV.
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Researchers find a receptor they believe keeps eggs in arrested development until ready for fertilisation.
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Early tests of a potential vaccine for malaria show it offers a high level of protection.
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Scientists believe they have identified a protein which could be the key to developing a new treatment for allergies.
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Scientists have taken a step closer to  creating a vaccine against a virus that causes the most common  form of diarrhea and vomiting in children.
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The AIDS virus has to hijack human proteins to do its damage, but scientists until now have known only a few dozen of its targets. On Thursday, Harvard researchers unveiled a surprisingly longer list, an important first step in the hunt for new drugs.
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Scientists say initial studies show promising results for a vaccine which could combat a common type of bacteria.
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A new HIV drug shows promising results in people for whom other treatments no longer work, a study suggests.
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Scientists pinpoint a protein they believe holds the key to hearing, and maybe new treatments for deafness.
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A protein produced by immune cells could lead to more effective treatments for HIV, researchers believe.
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An international team of scientists isolates antibodies that could protect against bird flu in humans.
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Scientists in Hong Kong said on  Tuesday they had devised a new way to identify chemicals that  can counter new and dangerous viruses, such as SARS, and these  chemicals may be developed into drugs.
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Officials are concerned by the detection of a rare strain of H.I.V. that appears to lead to the rapid onset of AIDS, but some experts are skeptical about the alarm.