Health

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Toxoplasma gondii, a protozoan parasite about five microns long, infects a third of the world’s population. Ingested...

SALT LAKE CITY, June 9, 2016 – When new AIDS virus particles bud from an infected cell, an enzyme named...

In a recent development, scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research report that damage to DNA can be induced...

New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2016–Using an automated insulin feedback controller as part of an overnight closed-loop (OCL) control system...

HOUSTON – (June 6, 2016) – A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with...

Chronic wounds cause nearly 80,000 lower leg amputations annually in the U.S. alone and are associated with an increased likelihood...

Credit: Brass Lab WORCESTER, MA – Eight weeks after receiving their first samples of Zika virus, scientists at the University...

Blacks between the ages of 45 and 54 die of strokes at a rate that is three times greater than...

Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in...

The Telomeres and Telomerase Group at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), in collaboration with the Centre’s Transgenic Mice...

Dopamine signaling in the kidneys plays a critical role in blood pressure regulation and is responsible for nearly half of...

Spinal cord injuries are mostly caused by trauma, often incurred in road traffic or sporting incidents, often with devastating and...

(Brussels, 31 May, 2016) A report investigating the current state of digestive health in children has revealed alarming trends in...

One of Zika's mysteries is how the virus passes from an infected mother, through the placenta, to a developing fetus....