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September 24, 2025

Zika vaccine induces robust immune responses in three phase 1 trials

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Healthy adults mounted strong immune responses after receiving an investigational whole inactivated...

IOF President’s Award honors global osteoporosis experts and advocates

Credit: @IOF Seven leading osteoporosis experts and advocates have received the 2017 International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) President's Award in recognition...

Born to break: Mutation causes fragile bones

IMAGE: The picture shows a cross-section of the femur of a mouse. The white and purple cells are bone marrow,...

Tiny dinosaur may have dazzled mates with rainbow ruff and a bony…

Credit: Hu, et al., 2018 Ancient dinosaurs were adorned in some amazing ways, from the horns of the triceratops to...

Organism responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning may affect fisheries

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

Health care access improves with state-level medicaid expansion

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 26, 2017-A new study has shown that low-income U.S. residents...

Oil-based pesticides most effective at killing contents of brown widow…

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside might have found a breakthrough in the spider-control field. In a paper published...

Liking on Facebook good for teens’ stress, but being liked…not so much

Facebook can have positive and negative effects on teens levels of a stress hormone, say researchers at the University of...

NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations

Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have collaborated with physicians...

Stroke prevention may also reduce dementia

Credit: Western University May 1, 2017 Stroke prevention among older Ontarians may also reduce risk of some dementias Ontario's stroke...

HKBU study finds Tianjiu therapy improves allergic rhinitis patients’ daily life…

Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a...

Why one eye-targeting virus could make for a useful gene-delivery tool

Credit: Image courtesy Vijay Reddy LA JOLLA, CA – May 11, 2017 – In their quest to replicate themselves, viruses...

Sibling bonding is stronger when dad’s around

Credit: Emily C. Lynch, Project Papio, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey For many female mammals, mothers and maternal...

Squirrels use ‘chunking’ to organize their favorite nuts

Credit: Amber Engle Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety,...

Kent study recommends solution to end unsustainable agricultural practices

Credit: Valeria Boron A University of Kent study has suggested that rural areas can provide for both people and wildlife...

‘I feel for you’ — some really do

Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware When a student in a University of Delaware study watched a video of someone else's...

UA physician-scientist awarded grant to develop first diagnostic test for schizophrenia

Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of...

Heat shock protein appears to turn on Schistosoma invasion

A protein known for helping cells withstand stress may also act as a switch that triggers free-swimming Schistosoma larvae to...

Listeria: Hypervirulent strains with cerebral and placental tropism

IMAGE: This image shows tissue infected by Listeria (bacteria appear in red). Credit: YH Tsai, M Lecuit, © Institut Pasteur....

Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia