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Kichitaro Nakajima, a graduate student at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Hirotsugu Ogi, Associate Professor at the Graduate School ...

BEIJING, CHINA/NOTTINGHAM, UK – Increasingly, vegetables are being efficiently grown using soilless techniques such as hydroponics. Hydroponic systems are favored ...

Under normal circumstances, the immune system recognizes and successfully fights cancer cells, eliminating them as they develop. However, sometimes the ...

Credit: University of Leicester Scientists from the University of Leicester have, for the first time, identified a way to ‘sniff’ ...

New findings regarding the pathology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are bringing Griffith University researchers closer to identifying the cause ...

Philadelphia, PA, May 10, 2016 – Pathologic changes of the retina caused by diabetes is the leading cause of blindness ...

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital scientists have used sophisticated pharmacologic modeling and simulation to translate preclinical findings into a successful ...

Identifying the sites where gamma-retroviruses commonly insert into the genome may help to identify genes associated with specific cancer types, ...

JUPITER, FL – May 9, 2016 – In a development that could lead to a new generation of drugs to ...

The human placenta is an organ unlike any other. During the course of nine months it is formed by the ...

Credit: Photo courtesy Michael T. Martin. ATHENS, GA – Controlled environment agriculture is rapidly becoming an important part of the ...

CINCINNATI – Researchers report in the journal Cancer Cell an experimental therapy that in laboratory tests on human cells and ...

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Reston, Va. – A recent study reported in the May issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine demonstrates that Ga-68 ...

CAMBRIDGE, MA — Scientists at MIT, Massachusetts General Hospital, Living Proof, and Olivo Labs have developed a new material that ...

The Ottawa Rules, a set of rules used around the world to help health professionals decide when to order x-rays ...

Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan – The inability to adequately respond to infection can cause a whole-body state of ...

A new study indicates that cancer may have negative impacts on both the physical and mental health of individuals as ...