Month: October 2016

Cranial neural crest cells — which give rise to the bones and cartilage of the skull — are vulnerable to ...

Researchers are hopeful of a cure for HIV after treating the first patient with a promising new treatment that could ...

A scientific blueprint to end tobacco cravings may be on the way after researchers crystallized a protein that holds answers ...

Columbia scientists have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how the human brain’s biological complexity allows it ...

A team of researchers has discovered that chemoresistant lung cancer cells suppress immune functions and strengthen resistance to chemotherapy by ...

More than 700,000 microscopic fibres could be released into waste water during each use of a domestic washing machine, with ...

Synapses, connecting the neurons in our brains, continuously encode new memories, but the ability to form new memories (“learning”) diminishes ...

Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) may manifest as pathological changes in the retina of the eye. Research from ...

Researchers working in four labs at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a chink in a so-called “undruggable” lung cancer’s ...

The capacity of formaldehyde, a chemical frequently used in manufactured goods such as automotive parts and wood products, to damage ...

In a UT Southwestern Medical Center study, (l-r) Dr. Philipp Scherer, Dr. Yi Zhu, and Dr. Shangang Zhao found interesting ...