Nathan Seppa

Biomedical Writer (retired September 2015)

All Stories by Nathan Seppa

  1. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine stops deadly sand-fly-spread scourge in animal test

    A DNA vaccine triggers protection against the sand-fly-borne scourge Leishmania.

  2. Health & Medicine

    Fructose may be key to weight gain

    Mice that could not make or metabolize the sugar gained less weight than normal mice.

  3. Health & Medicine

    Device offers promise of no brain tumor left behind

    A new technique might allow surgeons to identify with precision where brain cancer ends and healthy tissue begins.

  4. Health & Medicine

    Heart disease patients more apt to take one combined pill than many

    Patients stayed on track better with a "polypill" than with three medications.

  5. Health & Medicine

    Test could warn of problems for kidney transplant recipients

    A urine test for an immune protein might tell doctors whether a patient is headed for trouble.

  6. Health & Medicine

    Clues emerge to explain allergic asthma

    Tests in mice reveal that allergens can trigger inflammation by cleaving a clotting protein.

  7. Science & Society

    Impactful Distraction

    Talking while driving poses dangers that people seem unable to see.

  8. Health & Medicine

    Vaccine protects against malaria in early test

    A series of shots enables volunteers to fend off a live infection by the disease-causing parasite.

  9. Health & Medicine

    High blood glucose levels linked to dementia

    Elderly people with elevated blood glucose levels are more apt to develop dementia, whether or not they have diabetes.

  10. Health & Medicine

    What and when babies first eat may affect diabetes risk

    Children at risk of type 1 diabetes are better off waiting until 4 months of age to consume solid foods.

  11. Health & Medicine

    People may have evolved to fight cholera

    People in Bangladesh have genetic variations that might defend against the disease.

  12. Health & Medicine

    Experimental type 1 diabetes treatment shows promise

    Findings in a small group of patients hint that a DNA-based therapy might work, but the effects fade after treatment stops.

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