Health

Credit: OIST The never-ending fight against bacteria has taken a turn in humanity's favor with the announcement of a tool...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - While pigs still cannot fly, researchers have discovered that the hearts of newborn piglets do...

Credit: Thomas Splettstoesser If certain signaling cascades are misregulated, diseases like cancer, obesity and diabetes may occur. A mechanism recently...

We humans are pros at category learning -- the process by which we classify things, whether objects, concepts or events,...

A NEW chemical compound with the potential to destroy hard-to-treat cancer cells has been developed and tested by scientists at...

BOSTON (August 15) - Tufts Medical Center researchers have received a five-year grant award for more than $8 million from...

Philadelphia, August 15, 2018 Chronic, frequent tobacco smokers have a decreased number of cannabinoid CB1 receptors, the "pot receptor", when...

People with prediabetes who go to bed later, eat meals later and are more active and alert later in the...

The three prevalent skin cancers, according to the literature are melanoma, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. Melanoma is...

As the cost of genome sequencing decreases, researchers and clinicians are debating whether all newborns should be sequenced at birth,...

WASHINGTON, DC - August 15, 2018 : BioOne (about.BioOne.org) proudly announces the return of three popular journals and the addition...

New Haven, Conn.-- In a study, a new HIV drug reduced viral replication and increased immune cells in individuals with...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- August 15, 2018 - What's the secret to aging well? University of Minnesota Medical School researchers have answered...

Of the 151 largest cities across the United States, only Philadelphia and New York City have legislation that protects a...

Two receptors in the spinal cord and the right experimental drug: Researchers at the University of Zurich have discovered a...

Most of us tend to think of sugar as a temptation that threatens our health. The reality is, however, that...

Credit: PHOTO CREDIT: Rob Cahill, UTHealth Scientists at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) have identified...

Improved compensation, expanded mentorship and training opportunities, and concrete measures to improve workforce diversity are all needed to address attrition...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes....

Blood platelets are like the sand bags of the body. Got a cut? Platelets pile in to clog the hole...