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The ability to switch disease-causing genes on and off remains a dream for many physicians, research scientists and patients. Research...

Credit: UBC A UBC invention has made it possible for doctors to vastly improve their bypass surgery techniques without relying...

Credit: Graphic: NTNU Industrial Ecology Programme/ Environmental Research Letters In 1915, a Scottish town planner and social activist named Patrick...

Empathy is a basic human ability. We often feel empathy toward and console others in distress. Is it possible for...

Credit: Holger Mohr et al. This works especially efficient when we are guided by explicit instructions. A team of researchers...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON – Drinking too much alcohol can damage the liver, but investigators have discovered...

Credit: Roy L. Caldwell, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California Taking a close look at the neural...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA-The brain regulates social behavior differently in males and females, according to a new study published...

Credit: Liu and Zhou The increasing rate of the global mean surface temperature was reduced from 1998 to 2013, known...

HOUSTON – (Feb. 22, 2016) – A new methodology developed by researchers at Rice and Rutgers universities could help scientists...

Dublin, Ireland, November 16th, 2015 – An international team led by scientists in Trinity College Dublin, University College Dublin and...

Credit: Florida Atlantic University In marriage, good communication is key to a fulfilling and enduring relationship. For people with dementia,...

Credit: Tierra Smiley Evans/UC Davis Chewed bark, leaves and fruit discarded by mountain gorillas provide a simple way to test...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — If two clinicians observe the same patient with blepharospasm — uncontrollable muscle contractions around...

Lack of sleep has previously been found to impact the activation of the immune system, inflammation, carbohydrate metabolism and the...

A hardworking University of Montana undergraduate student will spend the next two and half years studying the hardest-working cell in...

Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan — To understand what makes breast cancer spread, researchers are looking at where it...

Adolescents who are willing to exploit others for personal gain are more likely to bully and have sex than those...

Credit: Sebastian Hennige Resilient species of coral can move to inhospitable areas and lay the foundations for new reefs, a...

Credit: The Paul Ehrlich Foundation PITTSBURGH — One of the most prestigious awards in the field of medicine will be...