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Scientists have shed new light on the role of the placenta in managing the relationships between maternal vitamin D and...

Protein degraders, which induce the protein degradation of target proteins, are expected to be the "next-generation drugs" because they can...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 8, 2022) — Though there are hundreds of species of fish found off the coast of the...

A single protein can reverse the developmental clock on adult brain cells called astrocytes, morphing them into stem-like cells that...

Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who adopted a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet saw significant improvements in their MS –...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 8, 2022) – Insufficient oxygen to an area like the heart or legs, called hypoxia, is a cue...

Embargoed until Tuesday, March 8 at 3.05 am US Eastern Time, 7.05 pm Australian AEDTCredit: iStock / Getty Images Dr_Microbe...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from HSE University and York University have presented an extensive dataset of indices derived from ultrasonography...

Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, are known for eating up unwanted items like germs and debris, much as...

Within the 50,000 known species of spiders about 20 have developed a permanent social life characterised by a remarkable cooperation1....

What if you were told there was a completely natural way to stop your body from aging? The trick: You’d...

Only two species of cetaceans (dolphins, whales, and porpoises), prey on other marine mammals: the true killer whale, or orca,...

LA JOLLA—(March 07, 2022) How does an animal make decisions? Scientists have spent decades trying to answer this question by...

LA JOLLA—(March 7, 2022) Age may be just a number, but it’s a number that often carries unwanted side effects,...

When exposed to stress, bacteria allow their metabolism to take a break during which they suppress, for example, the incorporation...

RBPs (RNA-binding proteins) are a diverse category of proteins that are required for a wide range of cell activities. It's...

Cell division ensures growth or renewal and is thus vital for all organisms. However, the process differs somewhat in animals,...

Inflammation of the middle ear is often triggered a cholesteatoma, an aggressive form of chronic otitis media. In order to...

The number of hares in a forest is a good indicator of how healthy that ecosystem is — and now...

Robert Gourdie, a trailblazing cardiovascular scientist at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, is the first Virginia Tech researcher to...