Month: June 2017

Laparoscopy is a surgical technique in which a fiber-optic camera is inserted into a patient's abdominal cavity to provide a ...

Research has shown that how trusting a person is may depend, at least in part, on his or her genes. ...

KNOXVILLE --Plant diseases pose a serious threat to global food security, especially in developing countries, where millions of people depend ...

A core assumption in the study of disease-causing genes has been that they are clustered in molecular pathways directly connected ...

SAN DIEGO, June 20, 2017 -- Johnson & Johnson today named Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, winner ...

A plant extract used for centuries in traditional medicine in Nigeria could form the basis of a new drug to ...

June 20, 2017 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is commonly thought of as a movement disorder, but after years of living with PD approximately twenty ...

CLEVELAND - Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral striatum/anterior limb of the internal capsule is safe and feasible in ...

A University of Alberta pilot program designed to promote mental health skills in youth significantly lessened cases of depression, anxiety ...

Credit: University of Warwick High-strength, lightweight steels can finally be processed on an industrial scale, thanks to a breakthrough in ...

Australian researchers have for the first time discovered that a specific type of irritable bowel syndrome is associated with exhaustion ...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 20, 2017 -- Whether you sop it up with bread or use it ...

ANN ARBOR -- A chess-like board game developed by University of Michigan researchers helps small-scale Mexican coffee farmers better understand ...

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - A late bedtime is associated with lower perceived control ...

Credit: Nik Cunniffe An international team of researchers has used mathematical modelling to understand new ways of combating maize lethal ...

Credit: Dennis Wise/University of Washington The National Institutes of Health has renewed a major grant that funds a University of ...

Credit: University of Seville A group of researchers from the Area of Toxicology in the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology. ...

Leading figures addressing the many and varied challenges faced by developing countries will be attending a major conference at the ...

Credit: Dr Shelby Temple Dr Shelby Temple, from the University of Bristol's School of Biological Sciences, has been named Innovator ...