This news release is available in German. Research efforts on the intestine have increased in recent years. Owing to its...

Credit: GU FRANKFURT. Not only humans but also each of their body cells must watch their fat balance. Fats perform...

Credit: CDC A new approach to information gathering could allow scientists to quickly identify the most effective way to manage...

Few experiences invoke as much anxiety as a call from your doctor saying “you need to come back for more...

Credit: Stephanie Krüger / MLU The bigger the male, the higher his chances to successfully mate – this applies, at...

Credit: Associate Professor Kunimasa Ohta In 2012, a Japanese research group discovered that human skin cells acquire pluripotency when introduced...

Credit: The specimen was prepared and imaged by Rosmarie Suetterlin and Cora-Ann Schoenenberger at the Maurice E. Muller Institute for...

Credit: University of Basel, Department of Biomedicine Certain white blood cells play an important role in bringing a harmful virus...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A study revealing a connection between circulating tumor cells (CTCs) and relapse in stage IV...

Credit: Dr. Jürgen C. Otto, co-author Brightly colored Australian peacock spiders (Maratus spp.) captivate even the most arachnophobic viewers with...

Credit: Sylvia Lee (Millbrook, NY) In urban streams, persistent pharmaceutical pollution can cause aquatic microbial communities to become resistant to...

Credit: Julie Larsen Maher/WCS NEW YORK (January 18, 2018) – An international review led by the University of Queensland and...

Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE – Dec. 9, 2017 – Results from a phase 2 clinical trial, presented by Seattle Children's...

Credit: Seattle Children's SEATTLE – Dec. 9, 2017 – Results from a phase 2 clinical trial, presented by Seattle Children's...

Credit: © DZD/IDM Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease has become a global epidemic. There is not only a great interest worldwide...

A series of cell-based tests developed to compare the biological impact of cigarette smoke with e-cigarette vapour revealed no activity...

Credit: Photo by Douglas Boyer, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A 52-million-year-old ankle fossil suggests our prehuman ancestors were high-flying...

Credit: NIPR The decades-long tracking of flying birds reveals that body size and flight styles determine the scale of birds'...

Credit: T. Frenzel et al., Science (2017) NEW YORK, NY (Nov. 23, 2017) — Through a few clever molecular hacks,...

CHICAGO (April 4, 2016) — A new stem cell therapy significantly improved long-term health outcomes in patients with severe and...