Researchers discovered that the absence of one critical gene made the plague less virulent, and may have allowed two major ...

A change to a single gene in the bacterium Yersinia pestis has enabled one of the world’s most notorious pathogens to survive ...

Reducing the copies of one gene in the bubonic plague bacterium, Yersinia pestis, made it less deadly but potentially more ...

The beaked mask wasn’t just for show—it was packed with herbs to ward off “bad air.” Underneath it? One of the most haunting ...

Introduction On October 24, 1970, in writing for the Amsterdam weekly, Vrij Nederland, Dutch journalist and Trotskyite Igor ...

Research has revealed that the evolution of a single gene in Yersinia pestis - the bacterium that causes bubonic plague - ...

the doctors have said.Soon after the new kidney and bladder were transplanted, it responded well. “The kidney immediately made a large volume of urine, and the patient’s kidney function ...

Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Eve Glazier, M.D., MBA, is an internist and associate professor of medicine at UCLA ...

DR WU Lien Teh is certainly one of the most distinguished Penangites of all time. He was the first medical student of Chinese descent to study at the University of Cambridge and also the first ...

But editors refused to run them, and refused to print letters from doctors. The largest parade in Philadelphia’s history proceeded ... Ages regarding the Black Plague, [has] been prevalent ...

In northern Spain lies a magnificent 18th-century mansion—once the proud home of Dr. Guan Torres, a respected policy doctor known for his dedication to medicine. But behind its elegant façade ...