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Credit: Yale University By the time multiple sclerosis (MS) is diagnosed in children, it may be difficult to prevent the...

Researchers at Nanjing University and their collaborators have found that NatD, which mediates N-alpha-terminal acetylation (Nt-acetylation) of histone H4, promotes...

A nine-year joint research project conducted by VIB, KU Leuven and VUB has led to a crucial breakthrough in cancer...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Seizure disorders -- including epilepsy -- are associated with pathological hyperexcitability in brain neurons. Unfortunately,...

McGill University researchers have discovered a cellular mechanism that may contribute to the breakdown of communication between neurons in Alzheimer's...

Credit: Photo by Tyler D. Hoskins A study published recently in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry found that Blanchard's cricket frogs...

Researchers investigating whether liquid water could exist on Mars have provided new insight into the limits of life on the...

Credit: Photo: Mikael Sejr For the first time, ocean data from Northeast Greenland reveals the long-term impact of the melting...

Credit: Smithsonian Institution Jellyfish sting swimmers, clog fishing nets, and in high numbers can close beaches. But despite their nuisance...

Credit: Georg Mair/Vetmeduni Vienna Usutu virus, a flavivirus of African origin, was first detected in Austria in 2001, when it...

Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Friday, October 13th, 2017, Baltimore, Maryland: Insilico Medicine announces the publication of a new research paper...

Credit: Micayla Bowman For many years, we thought that all proteins must fold into complicated shapes to fulfill their functions,...

Credit: National University of Singapore A research breakthrough achieved by a team led by Associate Professor Ernest Chua from the...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - October 13, 2017 - Using advanced mass spectrometry technology, scientists from the...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - Oct. 11, 2017 - UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers today published a 3-D atomic structure...

Scientists from the BOREA Biology of Aquatic Organisms and Ecosystems research unit (CNRS / MNHN / IRD / UPMC /...

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- By mimicking the eye of the mantis shrimp, Illinois researchers have...

Led by Jean-Christophe Marine (VIB-KU Leuven), a team of researchers has tracked down the cellular origin of cutaneous melanoma, the...

A drug isolated from a marine pest holds promise for treating some of the world's nastiest diseases, and researchers would...

In the first study of its kind, an international team of genomics researchers has identified new regions of the human...