Credit: Leah Small, VCU Public Affairs With the help of a $2.1 million grant, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing...

Credit: Jonathan Bailey, NHGRI Researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have shown that autologous fecal microbiota transplantation (auto-FMT) is...

Credit: UCR School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Pacific Islanders, who trace their roots to the native peoples of Hawaii,...

Obese mothers who lose weight through bariatric surgery can have safer deliveries. The positive effects are many, including fewer caesarean...

PITTSBURGH, PA. September 26, 2018: Neuro Kinetics, Inc. (NKI), announced that they received another 510(k) clearance from the United States...

LA JOLLA--(September 26, 2018) Approximately 1.25 million Americans are living with type 1 diabetes (T1D), with an additional 40,000 people...

Credit: Chao Lab, UC San Diego Scientists have known for decades that certain bacteria produce small spherical versions of themselves....

Does a new medicine or diagnostic test work? Is it safe? Should the government approve it and insurers pay for...

Credit: NIAID A defective gene causes thick, sticky mucus to build up in the lungs of patients with cystic fibrosis...

In the wake of media and public reports about increased mortality linked to a new drug for treating Parkinson's disease...

Credit: University of Otago University of Otago scientists have unravelled the 3D structure of two proteins, potentially providing answers as...

Credit: (US Army Photo) A U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientist has collaborated with a team of researchers from the University...

AUSTIN, Texas -- With rising demand and dwindling supply, water is perhaps Earth's most critical natural resource. One way to...

Uncultured microbes--those whose characteristics have never been described because they have not yet been grown in a lab culture--could be...

Credit: Carrie Rosema Recently, a research team led by Maurizio Pellecchia at the University of California, Riverside, discovered a way...

Credit: Real Pickles, Valley Lightworks AMHERST, Mass. - University of Massachusetts Amherst food scientists have mapped and characterized microbial populations...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $218 million in funding for 85 research awards in the important emerging field...

Credit: Brad Glorioso/US Geologic Survey While a warming climate in recent decades may be a factor in the waning of...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 25, 2018) Salk Associate Professor Tatyana Sharpee, a member of the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, has...

New research shows that the body's own microbes are effective in maintaining immune cells and killing certain oral infections. A...