ITHACA, N.Y. - A fungus known to decimate populations of gypsy moths creates "death clouds" of spores that can travel...

Credit: Stu's Images. A group of ecologists has started creating a periodic table of ecological niches similar to chemistry's periodic...

Credit: Joakim Hansen The new study, that has been conducted in 32 archipelago bays along the Baltic Sea coast shows...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A fertilized human egg develops into multiple tissues, organs and about 200 distinct cell types....

Today the FDA launched a new era in cancer treatment with its approval of the first cancer gene therapy drug...

Keeping the immune system in balance is no small feat. It must remain keenly alert to spot and disarm foreign...

Credit: © A. Gray aboard FV Aoshibi IV. When the Fukushima power plant released large quantities of radioactive materials into...

Endometriosis is a chronic and incurable gynecologic disorder that affects approximately 10 percent of women in the United States. Its...

Credit: © Jonathan Green/Galapagos Whale Shark Project Did you know that August 30 is International Whale Shark Day? Whale sharks...

A new analysis of drought in Jordan - one of the world's most water-poor countries - suggests that without alternate...

(McGill University Health Centre) Loss of muscle is an inevitable consequence of aging that can lead to frailty, falls or...

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

Credit: Photo by Steven O. Shattuck CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers provide the first mechanical description of the jaws of a...

Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team presented a novel method for improving medication treatment for liver cancer using Systems Biology,...

Aug. 29, 2017 - For women undergoing risk-reducing mastectomy to prevent breast cancer, reconstruction can be challenging in those with...

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Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 28, 2017--New biologic drugs, such as monoclonal antibodies and immunotherapies...

ASCO Perspective Merry-Jennifer Markham, MD, FACP, ASCO Expert in Cancer Survivorship "More than ever before, young cancer survivors are living...

Credit: IBS New blood vessels branch out of preexisting ones is via a process called angiogenesis. Although this is essential...

A protein, called inositol-requiring enzyme 1 -- IRE1 -- may serve as a key driver in a series of molecular...