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LAWRENCE -- University of Kansas researchers have reported that pregnant women who consumed a supplement of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid), a...

The jaguar is the largest cat in the Americas and historically was found from southwestern USA to central Argentina. Today,...

A new generation of brain scanner, that can be worn like a helmet allowing patients to move naturally whilst being...

Credit: Herschel Hoffmeyer New research has revealed how the history of life can be distorted by the ways animals decompose...

Copenhagen: An analysis of 3 US cancer databases has shown that a major US study comparing surgery with observation in...

Credit: UMass Medical School WORCESTER, MA - An international team of researchers led by John Landers, PhD, at UMass Medical...

Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (March 21, 2018) - Surgeons of The Vision Center at Children's Hospital Los...

Credit: Kessler Foundation East Hanover, NJ - March 20, 2018 - Karen Nolan, PhD, senior research scientist in Human Performance...

March 21, 2018 - Patients who have been taking opioid pain relievers for several months before spinal fusion surgery are...

Kinesin family member 5A (KIF5A), a gene previously linked to two rare neurodegenerative disorders, has been definitively connected to amyotrophic...

(PHILADELPHIA) - Until very recently, Parkinson's had been thought a disease that starts in the brain, destroying motion centers and...

Marine scientists have uncovered evidence of one of the largest floods in Earth's history in the central Mediterranean seafloor. The...

A unique cell surface protein found on triple-negative type breast cancer cells called JAG1 is a promising new therapeutic target...

Leesburg, VA, March 21, 2018 - A newly developed machine learning model can accurately predict which patients are most likely...

The face of American forests is changing, thanks to climate change-induced shifts in rainfall and temperature that are causing shifts...

Credit: Jan Slapeta Apicomplexa form one of the largest and most diverse groups of obligate intracellular parasites, capable of infecting...

LAWRENCE -- Most historical accounts of the 1980s AIDS crisis presume the gay community lacked the capacity to respond to...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 21, 2018 -- While the gene mutation that causes Huntington's...

Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - Alcohol use early in the pregnancy by the mother may be a risk factor...

(Ruhr-University Bochum) Ras proteins are molecular switches that decide if and when cells divide inside our bodies. An impairment of...