Biology

A quiet transformation has been brewing in medicine, as large-scale DNA results become increasingly available to patients and healthcare providers....

Credit: Lola Davey, Marcos Francisco Perez, CRG. Does the age of a mother influence the traits and characteristics of her...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In contrast to the general belief that the airways of an infant are sterile until after birth,...

Credit: Scientific Reports (Tokyo, August 16) A new data analysis technique, moving subtrajectory analysis, designed by researchers at Tokyo Institute...

Credit: McKay Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC – Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time...

Credit: Dalei Wu, Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute National Institutes of Health, Department of Defense Congressionally Directed Medical Research...

Philadelphia, PA, April 8, 2016 – Sepsis represents a serious complication of infection and is one of the leading causes...

PISCATAWAY, NJ – Many people believe a glass of wine with dinner will help them live longer and healthier–but the...

Credit: Sampsa Vanhatalo Researchers at the University of Helsinki and the Helsinki University Hospital (HUH), Finland, have developed software based...

Credit: Kent Faddis/ MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (July 7, 2016) — Lesbian and bisexual women have higher rates of obesity,...

Credit: UZH Not much plant sex happens without pollinator insects: Bees, flies or butterflies transfer the male pollen grains to...

Credit: The University of Hong Kong Hong Kong is home to a dazzling diversity of over 250 butterfly species, many...

Credit: Molly Harwood New Oxford University research has revealed that instead of grieving, wild birds appear to adjust to the...

Credit: Fabian Brambach It seemed rather unusual that the largest tree genus, Syzygium, containing over 1500 species, was only represented...