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Credit: Indiana University Bloomington While positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians have increased over recent decades, a new study...

Since the completion of the human genome an important goal has been to elucidate the function of the now known...

Credit: Wolfgang Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC – Cystic fibrosis (CF) shortens life by making the lungs...

Researchers at Osaka University, Japan uncovered the mechanisms that suppress the propagation of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with the...

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) LOS ANGELES (Sept. 21, 2017) — For years, medical investigators have...

For years, scientists have struggled to find a way to block a protein known to play an important role in...

Credit: ATS Aug. 8, 2017 — The opioid crisis in the United States is resulting in increased admissions to hospital...

The toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense, is a photosynthetic plankton–a microscopic organism floating in the ocean, unable to swim against a...

Credit: © Manuel Irimia, CRG. A molecular switch that flips between different versions of genes could be crucial for maintaining...

IMAGE: Concentric rings in a fruit fly larva's antenna result from a set of genetic control "switches " that interact...

Credit: Loyola Medicine Loyola Medicine radiation oncologist Edward Melian, MD, has received the Chicago Radiological Society's 2017 Distinguished Service Award,...

Credit: Kevin Jiang for the University of Chicago Medicine A new, minimally invasive procedure appears to be effective for many...

Credit: Fangyuan Hua Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Proteins and drugs are often attached to lipids to promote crystallization...

Escherichia coli (E. coli) are bacteria that live all around and inside of us. Most E. coli are harmless, but...

San Diego, Calif. – The triggers of autoimmune inflammation in multiple sclerosis (MS) have eluded scientists for many years, but...

Credit: University of Toronto Scarborough A team of U of T Scarborough researchers have described the first known hybrid bird...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ – January 5, 2018. Despite December's lag in U.S. job numbers, Americans with disabilities...

Credit: Stefano Marelli A genomic analysis of 28 dog breeds has traced the genetic history of the remarkable Fonni's Dog,...

February 16, 2016 -The Center for Infection and Immunity at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health announced today that...