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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care professionals individualize the decision to offer or refer adults...

Credit: NASA Just like early explorers, NASA Twins Study investigators are venturing into new territory. Conducting human omics research on...

Credit: Osaka University The human body consists of trillions of cells, and within each are billions of DNA molecules. Strict...

Credit: AG Jacobs Bacteria of the species Staphylococcus aureus are among the most widespread and dangerous pathogens of our time....

URBANA, Ill. - As the Missouri River flows across the Great Plains to where it meets the Mississippi River at...

Mutations in the BRCA gene correspond to a higher lifetime risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers, and many women...

Credit: Dr Jo Durgan, Babraham Institute Cell cannibalism in tumour samples has been observed for over a century, yet this...

Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered that a process that protects the body from autoimmune...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine BETHESDA, Md. - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Arthur L. Beaudet,...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 11, 2017--Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the launch of...

Credit: Watanabe M., et al. eLIFE, July 11, 2017. Type XVII collagen (COL17) is found to regulate the proliferation of...

Credit: Rasgon Lab, Penn State A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a Penn State-led team of entomologists...

A pair of studies led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine demonstrates that scientists can predict, with...

Credit: Brent et al., 2017 Researchers have identified a pheromone released by female insects after mating that tells males exactly...

Credit: University of Southern California Here's another reason to start the day with a cup of joe: Scientists have found...

Medical Expenditures Rise in Most Categories Except Primary Care Physicians and Home Health Care In recent years, US medical expenditures...

Fanconi anemia is a rare genetic disease characterized by hematologic symptoms that include low platelet count and unusually large red...

A research team has revealed the intrinsic gene expression patterns of glioblastoma (GBM) tumors, insights that could drive more effective...

Credit: J. Levine July 10, 2017 - Although evidence of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill may not be visually...

Credit: Nurmikko lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- With a grant of up to $19 million from the Defense...