Six antibody features help protect pregnant women against placental malaria infections, and could be used to identify women at risk of the disease and related complications.
A new study reveals how a hormone located in fat cells inside bone marrow helps control the production of bone and fat in response to changing conditions.
New findings could improve the triage process for patients with dengue and help clinicians determine those who may be at risk of developing moderate to severe disease.
By bringing rigorous review and editorial oversight to clinical preprints, eLife hopes to make peer-reviewed preprints a currency of trust in medicine.
People with mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease have weaker gamma waves in their brain than healthy peers, a discovery that may lead to new ways to diagnose these conditions.
Researchers have identified a gene that plays a minor role in congenital heart disease, using a combined approach that could aid studies of this and other multigenic diseases.
Study reveals that brain injuries can cause intracellular transport defects that can potentially lead to protein build-up and neurodegenerative disease.
Scientists have described a miniature 3D bone marrow model that can both predict the response of patients to a new therapy for blood platelet disorders and facilitate studies to better understand these disorders.