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Credit: Nick Romanenko/Rutgers University About 21 million years ago, a fungus that causes a devastating disease in rice first became...

The VA health care system performs similar to or better than non-VA systems on most measures of inpatient and outpatient...

SAN DIEGO, APRIL 26, 2018 - A new study examines the effectiveness of 3D printing technology and computer modeling to...

LOS ANGELES - In March 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved ocrelizumab as the first treatment for both...

Credit: Charles Gersbach, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have used a CRISPR/Cas9 genetic engineering technique...

SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - Results of the PERSPECTIVE trial were presented today as late-breaking clinical science at the...

NEW YORK (April 26, 2018) - Probiotics may be a relatively safe, simple, and low-cost solution for preventing Clostridium difficile...

Neonicotinoids are currently the most widely used pesticides in the world and frequently make headlines because of their harmful effects...

SAN DIEGO, April 26, 2018 - The post-approval study evaluating the safety and efficacy of MitraClip in a real-world, commercial...

Credit: Russell McIntire, Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) (PHILADELPHIA) - To catch prostate cancer at earlier stages, when...

Credit: The graph was generated using proprietary PhageSelector™ program developed by Intralytix, Inc. Imagine that you have become ill because...

Credit: Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA-- Casey Greene, PhD, an assistant professor of Systems Pharmacology and Translational...

Credit: IStock New research from the University of Adelaide has found that taking vitamin B6 could help people to recall...

A study of nearly 6,000 Americans followed for 24 years from middle to late adulthood found that having chronic inflammation...

Credit: Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University Health Science Center You've heard of "nature versus nurture," and philosophers argue about which...

A publication in Nature Partner Journals (npj) Vaccines indicates that post-exposure prophylaxis with LepVax, IDRI's leprosy vaccine candidate, not only...

Credit: UBC Older adults are more likely to stick with a group exercise program if they can do it with...

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have discovered a unique mechanism that drives the spread of a deadly infection. Cryptococcosis...

Plants have provided a new avenue in curbing tumor growth. On this occasion, it doesn't involve miracle species or the...

Credit: University of Leeds Researchers from the University of Leeds have revealed the structure of a virus which affects kidney...