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Credit: Kobe University Childhood nephrotic syndrome is the most frequently occurring chronic kidney disease among children. A Japanese research team...

It's often been said that the eyes are the window to the soul, revealing what we think and how we...

Credit: Dr. Veronique Angeli Arteries such as the aorta actively transport oxygenated blood, nutrients and cells throughout the body to...

PHILADELPHIA - Pairing an online patient dashboard with "nudges" to doctors tripled statin prescribing rates in a clinical trial led...

Credit: QUT Marketing & Communication A world-first study by QUT researchers concludes men can and do suffer from Postcoital Dysphoria...

Bottom Line: The caliber of a firearm was associated with the likelihood of death from a gunshot, with shootings by...

University of Toronto researchers have found that the portfolio diet, a plant-based way of eating previously shown to lower cholesterol...

Credit: (Rebecca McDonald/University of Guelph) University of Guelph researchers have discovered the type of stem cell allowing geckos to create...

PHILADELPHIA - When tissue is damaged, one of the body's first inflammatory immune-system responders are macrophages, cells which are commonly...

Physicians at the University of California, Irvine and UCI Health System have launched the UCI Center for Artificial Intelligence in...

Patients with spinal fractures caused by tumors or osteoporosis usually undergo a procedure called kyphoplasty, where the fracture is filled...

Credit: Samantha Lloyd/ASU VisLab Water is vital for life. But as our climate changes, the availability of water is also...

The immune system can be an important ally in the fight against cancer. A study from McGill scientists published today...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Just because an animal is soft and squishy doesn't mean it isn't tough. Experiments at Rice...

Credit: Credits: NASA A technology that has shielded some of NASA's highest-profile space observatories from potentially harmful molecular contamination is...

The ocean, long a source of inspiration for exploration and discovery as well as a place to test the limits...

Credit: Cody Clements, Georgia Tech A previously overlooked predator-- a thumbnail-sized snail--could be increasing the pressure on coral reefs already...

Alexandria, Va., USA - At the 96th General Session of the International Association for Dental Research (IADR), held in conjunction...

Credit: Dirk Sanders Night-time lighting from streetlights and other sources has complex and unexpected effects on communities of plants and...

WORCESTER--Two papers by UMass Medical School Professor Oliver J. Rando, MD, PhD, shed new light on the processes of fertilization...