Tau PET is a new and promising imaging method for Alzheimer’s disease. A case study from Lund University in Sweden...

For the past 100 years, scientists have understood that different areas of the brain serve unique purposes. Only recently have...

Anyone who has ever spotted a familiar face at a party but been unable to place where or when they...

In the amphibian world, the axolotl is the replacement-parts king. This is the axolotl, a remarkable model organism capable of...

Cranial neural crest cells — which give rise to the bones and cartilage of the skull — are vulnerable to...

Researchers are hopeful of a cure for HIV after treating the first patient with a promising new treatment that could...

A scientific blueprint to end tobacco cravings may be on the way after researchers crystallized a protein that holds answers...

Columbia scientists have developed a new mathematical model that helps to explain how the human brain’s biological complexity allows it...

A team of researchers has discovered that chemoresistant lung cancer cells suppress immune functions and strengthen resistance to chemotherapy by...

More than 700,000 microscopic fibres could be released into waste water during each use of a domestic washing machine, with...

Synapses, connecting the neurons in our brains, continuously encode new memories, but the ability to form new memories (“learning”) diminishes...

Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) may manifest as pathological changes in the retina of the eye. Research from...

Researchers working in four labs at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a chink in a so-called “undruggable” lung cancer’s...

The capacity of formaldehyde, a chemical frequently used in manufactured goods such as automotive parts and wood products, to damage...

In a UT Southwestern Medical Center study, (l-r) Dr. Philipp Scherer, Dr. Yi Zhu, and Dr. Shangang Zhao found interesting...

A large, new study shows no evidence that exercise may reduce a woman’s risk of developing multiple sclerosis (MS). The...

The first Zika virus-related death in the continental U.S. occurred in June of this year, but even now, months later,...

An international team of scientists have designed a new generation of universal flu vaccines to protect against future global pandemics...

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Hokkaido University researchers have revealed that key sex-determining genes continue to operate in a mammalian species that lacks the Y...