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Professor Jack Cuzick from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) will be appointed a Commander of the Order of the...

Targeting legumain as a novel therapeutic strategy in cancers

Credit: Dr. Chun Wai Mai et al, Bentham Science Publishers Legumain (LGMN), or asparaginyl endopeptidase, is a newly identified lysosomal...

The emergence of a new dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia

Philadelphia, PA, January 2, 2017 - Biological Psychiatry presents a special issue, "The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia", dedicated to recent...

A new direction in ophthalmic development: Nanoparticle drug delivery systems

Most ophthalmic diseases are usually treated with topically administered drug formulations (e.g. eye drops). Their main disadvantage is the short...

Why odds are against a large Zika outbreak in the US

Annapolis, MD; Dec. 22, 2016---Is the United States at risk for a large-scale outbreak of Zika or other mosquito-borne disease?...

Improving health should be the focus of commercial diet programs, not just losing weight

If losing weight is on your list of New Year resolutions, be sure to include both diet and exercise. New...

Sex hormone-sensitive gene complex linked to premenstrual mood disorder

Credit: Peter Schmidt, M.D., NIMH., David Goldman, M.D., NIAAA National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that...

Genes affecting our communication skills relate to genes for psychiatric disorder

The researchers studied the genetic overlap between the risk of having these psychiatric disorders and measures of social communicative competence...

Zinc eaten at levels found in biofortified crops reduces ‘wear and tear’ on DNA

Oakland, CA (January 3, 2017) - A new study by researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Research Institute (CHORI)...

Research on dinosaur embryos reveals that eggs took 3 to 6 months to hatch

Credit: © AMNH/M. Ellison New research on the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos indicates that the eggs of non-avian dinosaurs...

New study finds evolution of brain and tooth size were not linked in humans

Credit: George Washington University WASHINGTON (Jan. 2, 2017)--A new study from the George Washington University's Center for the Advanced Study...

How long did it take to hatch a dinosaur egg? FSU research says 3-6 months

Credit: Courtesy of Darla Zelinitsky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges...

For the first time, researchers identify key proteins that may make Zika so deadly

Until it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result, scientists know...

A closer look at the eye

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have developed a new imaging technique that could revolutionize how eye health...

New consensus on neuromodulation therapy by International Neuromodulation Society experts

SAN FRANCISCO, California - Jan. 2, 2017 - The International Neuromodulation Society (INS) journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface...

The answer is blowing in the wind

December 31, 2016

Credit: Greta Keenan The amount of energy generated by renewables fluctuates depending on the natural variability of resources at any...

Researchers urge caution around psilocybin use

December 30, 2016

In a survey of almost 2,000 people who said they had had a past negative experience when taking psilocybin-containing "magic...

Using ‘fire to fight fire’ to combat disease could make it worse, tests show

December 30, 2016

A treatment billed as a potential breakthrough in the fight against disease, including cancer, could back-fire and make the disease...

Gene therapy for liver disease advancing with the help of adeno-associated viral vectors