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When dieting and exercise aren’t enough, weight-loss surgery can be an effective obesity treatment. But people who don’t want surgery...

SynGAP Research Fund &  Rare Diseases Models and Mechanisms Network partner to co-fund two SYNGAP1 animal model studies in the labs...

Eating wild animals, known collectively as bushmeat or wildmeat, is associated with reduced anaemia cases among children living in the...

Machines can beat the world’s best chess player, but they cannot handle a chess piece as well as an infant....

HOUSTON-(April 5, 2022) – Houston Methodist researchers have identified the genetic and molecular fingerprints of different cancer and immune cells...

The nervous system is made up of diverse cells that arise from progenitors in a specific time-dependent pattern. In a...

Using a protein nanoparticle they designed, scientists at the University of Illinois Chicago have identified two distinct subtypes of neutrophils...

The smell of geosmin is unmistakable: it’s the odour that permeates the air after a summer rain squall or fills...

Philadelphia (April 5, 2022) – Can’t resist your pup’s adoring expression when he begs for a treat? A new study...

Pregnancy, long reproductive span, and older age at menopause are associated with a lower risk of dementia in women, according...

Researchers led by Mark Eckert at the Medical University of South Carolina, United States, report that two seemingly opposing theories...

Philadelphia (April 2, 2022)—Treating wounds with an extract taken from wild blueberries may improve healing, according to a new study....

Philadelphia (April 2, 2022)—A study in postmenopausal people suggests eating nutrient-rich prunes every day may be beneficial to bone health,...

Scientists at Northwestern Medicine are using new advances in CRISPR gene-editing technology to uncover new biology that could lead to...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 1, 2022) — “Deep breaths, April. Deep breaths.”  Credit: Mark Cornelison | University of Kentucky Photo LEXINGTON, Ky. (April...

For 25 years, UC Berkeley biologist Robert Dudley has been intrigued by humans' love of alcohol. In 2014, he wrote...

The human metathalamus is extremely important for relaying auditory and visual signals to the rest of the brain. However, a...

An international team of investigators, including several researchers in biological sciences from the U of A, have published a paper...

PHILADELPHIA— A new type of cell that resides deep within human lungs and may play a key role in human...

Cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction in the number range of one to five. This has been...