IMAGE: Concentric rings in a fruit fly larva's antenna result from a set of genetic control "switches " that interact...

Credit: Kevin Jiang for the University of Chicago Medicine A new, minimally invasive procedure appears to be effective for many...

Credit: Fangyuan Hua Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study...

Escherichia coli (E. coli) are bacteria that live all around and inside of us. Most E. coli are harmless, but...

San Diego, Calif. – The triggers of autoimmune inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) have eluded scientists for many years, but...

Credit: Stefano Marelli A genomic analysis of 28 dog breeds has traced the genetic history of the remarkable Fonni's Dog,...

February 16, 2016 -The Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health announced today that...

Craving relief may depend more on the belief of satisfaction than actual relief, according to scientists at the Virginia Tech...

Research published today details the first-ever successful elimination of a fatal chytrid fungus in a wild amphibian, marking a major...

University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers are expanding the American Gut Project into Asia. The goal of...

Credit: Stewart Edie/University of Chicago Sixty-five million years ago, clouds of ash choked the skies over Earth. Dinosaurs, along with...

Credit: David Kingsley The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that David Kingsley, PhD is the 2017...

We don't tend to wrap our recycling waste in bubble wrap but that's essentially what cells do during the cellular...

Credit: Francesca Mariani Scientists from the USC Stem Cell lab of Francesca Mariani recently shared a recipe for ribs, and...

DNA tests have confirmed that one of the three southern rockhopper penguin chicks born at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan between June...

Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – January 19, 2017 – Scientists face a conundrum in their quest to understand...

Credit: Daniel O. Hunter Introduced predators pose threats to biodiversity and are implicated in the extinction of many native species....

Credit: IMP A team of researchers led by scientists in Vienna, Dresden and Heidelberg has decoded the entire genetic information...

Philadelphia, PA, August 3, 2016 – Estrogen occurs naturally in cow's milk. Recently, there has been concern that consuming milk...

JUPITER, FL – Nov. 19, 2015 – In a new study that could have implications for future drug discovery efforts...