Cholera outbreaks are on the rise. To prevent and control them, three oral cholera vaccines are currently approved by WHO....

HOUSTON – (June 16, 2016) – The absence of one specific species of gut bacteria causes social deficits in mice,...

New research suggests that mothers who eat high-fat, high-sugar diets can predispose multiple generations to metabolic problems, even if their...

Researchers have unlocked secrets of our ancient immune system, a major scientific advance which could help scientists and clinicians in...

Human stem cells were turned into sympathetic neurons, which were then grown together with heart muscle cells. The neurons connected...

Sugar in the form of blood glucose provides essential energy for cells. When its usual dietary source — carbohydrates —...

Dr. Schultz is a Senior Clinician Scientist and Head of the Childhood Cancer & Blood Research (Vancouver, BC – June...

In summer 2011, University of Colorado Cancer Center investigators Joaquín Espinosa, PhD, and Matthew Galbraith, PhD, taught a summer symposium...

Geneticists from KU Leuven, Belgium, have shown that tumour protein TP53 knows exactly where to bind to our DNA to...

Researchers at the Texas Analog Center of Excellence (TxACE) at UT Dallas are working to develop an affordable electronic nose...

COLUMBIA, Mo. (June 15, 2016) — As men and women grow older, their chances for coronary heart disease also increase....

Naked mole-rats (NMR) are the longest-living rodent species and exhibit ‘extraordinary’ resistance to cancer. Mole-rats live up to 30 years,...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–When the body is fighting an invading pathogen, white blood cells–including T cells–must respond. Now, Salk...

Adult stem cells represent a sort of blank clay from which a myriad of different cell and tissue types are...

Scientists can interfere with sperm production in the parasitic blood fluke Schistosoma mansoni by blocking expression of the Nuclear Factor...

A team of researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Rowland Institute at Harvard University have used a specialized...

Credit: Jacobs School of Engineering, UC San Diego Bioengineers at the University of California, San Diego have developed an electrical...

Credit: (Purdue University photo by John Underwood) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A new type of electronic sensor that might be...

Tsukuba, Japan – Dioxins are environmental pollutants that stay in the body for long periods of time because they can...

Scientists at EPFL have found a way to starve liver cancer cells by blocking a protein that is required for...