Researchers reporting in the American Journal of Human Genetics, published by Cell Press, have completed the first in-depth genetic analysis ...

PHILADELPHIA–A new genetic clue discovered by a team co-led by a researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the ...

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) hijacks the host's fat metabolism for its own survival, growth, and transport in the human body. ...

AMHERST, Mass. – Mycobacteria cause a number of dangerous, difficult-to-treat diseases including leprosy and tuberculosis, and progress has been slow ...

Chemists at the University of California San Diego have designed a set of molecules that promote microscopic, anatomical changes in ...

More than half of our brains are made up of glial cells, which wrap around nerve fibers and insulate them–similarly ...

Montreal (Quebec), April 13, 2016 – Catherine Aaron and Gabrielle Beaudry were 17 when they knocked on the door of ...

Credit: Photo: Helena Osvath / Lund University A study led by researchers at Lund University in Sweden shows that ravens ...

A new study shows the death of newborn brain cells may be linked to a genetic risk factor for five ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Why does one person who tries cocaine get addicted, while another might use it and then ...

Rio is a California sea lion who can solve IQ tests that many people have trouble passing. In fact, she ...

LA JOLLA–(April 28, 2016) A microscope about the size of a penny is giving scientists a new window into the ...

Danish research is behind a new epoch-making discovery, which may prove decisive to future brain research. The level of salts ...

What if a map of the brain could help us decode people's inner thoughts? Scientists at the University of California, ...

The fabrication of a prototype tissue having functional properties close to the natural ones is crucial for effective transplantation. Tissue ...

Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological ...

Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological ...

Researchers have found that long-term exposure to environmental pollutants was associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of ...

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a series of monographs on the evaluation of various ...

Credit: Dr. A. P. Zhang and team, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University WASHINGTON – Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two ...