Acceleron Pharma, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics that modulate the growth of tissues including bone and muscle, today announced the initiation of a Phase 1 clinical study of ACE-031, its lead compound for treating diseases

Harvard scientists say they have created stems cells for 10 genetic disorders, which will allow researchers to watch the diseases develop in a lab dish and possibly speed up treatments for the conditions.

Climateextremes, for instance droughts or floods, can create conditions inwhich diseases normally are tolerated in isolation are able toconverge, thus causing massive death of livestock or wildlife. Thesefindings were published by an international researc

1 May, 2008 - Most Bhutanese villages are connected with piped water and pit latrines, yet illness from water-borne diseases is high, according to health officials.

The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease (PFCD) expressed disappointment at last night's Vice-presidential debate, where Senator Joe Biden and Governor Sarah Palin did not address one of the nation's most pressing economic issues: the rising cost of hea