Pests and diseases have infected 30 to 50 percent of the wheat crop -- or 187,000 hectares -- in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, the regional agriculture department revealed Tuesday...
A new review of existing data confirms that some common inhalers do not boost the life spans of people with the lung disease known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)...
BEIJING, Nov 2 - China's quarantine authority is talking to Canadian officials about cargoes of canola with blackleg disease and is likely to announce a solution this week to reduce the impact on trade, a...
* Experimental treatment effective in mice * Clinical trials planned for colitis and Crohn's disease LONDON, Aug 21 - A genetically modified bacterium that turns into a drug-delivery vehicle in the presence of a type...
* Late blight killing potato, tomato plants in Northeast * Disease threatens commercial, organic growers * Infested plants seen in chain store garden centers CHICAGO, July 10 - Late blight, which caused the Irish Potato...
* Swine flu could threaten millions with HIV, tuberculosis * Immune-weakened people may struggle to fight new virus * WHO appeals for continued attention to other diseases GENEVA, April 29 - The swine flu outbreak,...
VIB researchers connected to the University of Antwerp have developed a new method that enables them to track down the cause of hereditary diseases more quickly and efficiently. By means of this technique ...
NEW YORK, Oct 6 - Crohn's disease patients taking Johnson & Johnson's Remicade either alone or with azathioprine experienced steroid-free remission in significantly greater numbers than those taking azathioprine alone, according to results of a...
KALUPPANG VILLAGE, Indonesia, Sept 18 - Indonesian cocoa farmers are racing to fight a deadly fungal disease, cutting leaves and branches affected by Vascular-streak Dieback, as the mid crop kicks off in the main growing...
* Experimental vaccine uses Sanofi, failed AIDSVAX drugs * First to show any protection against AIDS virus * Not ready for commercial use, may not work in Africa * Sanofi shares down after initial rise...