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The CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing system has been generating excitement within the field of gene therapy, inspiring hopes of molecular tools...

Credit: Todd Treangen HOUSTON - (Oct. 30, 2018) - There are many ways to slice and dice genomic data to...

A study conducted at Texas A&M University has identified a new area in the brain involved in inhibiting fear, a...

It may simply be that having a big brain is itself the cause. That's what doctor and PhD candidate Even...

Bottom Line: Children in the United States celebrate Halloween by going door-to-door collecting candy. New research suggests the popular October...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine A single protein regulates a battery of key genes inside developing sperm,...

Credit: Vanderbilt University New Vanderbilt research finds how long humans and other warm-blooded animals live--and when they reach sexual maturity--...

In the United States, suicide is twice as common as homicide -- and more often involves firearms -- but public...

Children are more likely to be fatally struck by a vehicle on Halloween than on other nights of the year,...

Credit: University of Bern, Image: courtesy of the laboratory of Prof. Dr. Eliane J. Mu?ller. As a Swiss network, the...

Credit: MDA NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2018 - A new report funded by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA) and released...

PHILADELPHIA - As many as 16.5 million adults in America suffer from a skin disease known as atopic dermatitis, an...

MINNEAPOLIS, MN- October 30, 2018- A team of researchers from the University of Minnesota Medical School, the Max Planck Florida...

Becoming more sensitive to pain, or pain sensitization, is an important risk factor for developing persistent knee pain in osteoarthritis,...

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Scientists at Indiana University found high levels of a previously unsuspected pollutant in homes, in an electronic...

What treatments are available for patients with the rare inflammatory disease known as urticarial vasculitis? How effective are these treatments?...

Last year, researchers Tobias Cronberg and Niklas Mattsson at Lund University in Sweden published a study showing serum tau levels...

Society must take collective responsibility to reduce the harm caused by alcohol use disorders, a University of Otago academic says....

Innovative research aimed to possibly rejuvenate brain cells will be explored by six international researchers with the goal of discovering...

Credit: Neural Computational Unit, OIST. According to the World Health Organization, nearly 300 million people worldwide suffer from depression and...