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Scientists have identified a hotspot for autism-related mutations in a single gene. By studying data from thousands of genomes of...

Cell therapies being developed to treat a range of conditions could be improved by a chemical compound that aids their...

By reprogramming skin cells into nerve cells, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are creating cell models of the human...

Credit: InDevR, Inc. InDevR, a Boulder-based progressive analytical technology and life science instrumentation company today announced that it has entered...

Twenty one leading neuroscience groups from around the world have formed a 'virtual brain lab' to test how the brain...

Credit: Image courtesy of US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases For the first time, scientists have used Positron...

Credit: Group Jan Vermant, ETH Zurich Oktoberfest in Munich is an exciting cultural event, but it is also a source...

Credit: Harald Prüss A newly-discovered reflex arc mediates a process which leads to a disruption in the hormones secreted by...

Credit: University of Sheffield. New insights into how animals spin silk could lead to new, greener ways of producing synthetic...

(Boston)-- A recent study has identified a new lung cell type that is implicated in the body's innate immune defense...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Epidemiologist Susan Hankinson at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has received a five-year, $4.2...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(September 18, 2017) The immune system automatically destroys dysfunctional cells such as cancer cells, but cancerous...

University of Iowa Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center and Mayo Clinic have received a five-year, $12.4 million grant renewal from the...

People living with HIV who adhere to antiretroviral therapy but smoke cigarettes are around 10 times more likely to die...

Credit: Dr. David Finlay, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists have just discovered how the engine that powers cancer-killing cells functions. Crucially,...

Credit: American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 18, 2017 -- The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)...

Springer Healthcare has launched two new websites specializing in oncology and rheumatology to complement their flagship medical education platform, Medicine...

Credit: National University of Singapore Artemisinin, a potent anti-malarial drug, has been widely hailed as a promising alternative cancer treatment....

Credit: Etienne Meylan/EPFL Hepatoblastoma is a rare pediatric liver cancer, usually diagnosed in the first three years of life. Histological...

The critical size for schoolchildren is roughly a diameter of 40 mm, as a hard sugar ball of this size...