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A fusion gene occurs when a chromosomal break brings two separate genes together into a new functioning gene. So far,...

WASHINGTON -- The 2001 New York State Medicaid expansion -- what is considered a precursor to the Affordable Care (ACA)...

Credit: Jennifer Harden If you want to do something about global warming, look under your feet. Managed well, soil's ability...

Credit: Mayo Clinic Proceedings Rochester, MN, October 5, 2017 - Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of...

Scientists have discovered how the wiring of bees' brains helps them plot the most direct route back to their hive....

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA - (Oct. 5, 2017) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Eiman Azim has been named an NIH...

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 5, 2017 -- For years, scientists have wondered whether the heart and adjacent vessels might have evolved...

Prehistoric humans are likely to have formed mating networks to avoid inbreeding Early humans seem to have recognised the dangers...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Bananas and avocados -- foods that are rich in potassium -- may help protect against...

Increased agricultural production has likely led to loss, fragmentation, and degradation of flower-rich habitats for pollinators. To counteract these negative...

Researchers from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Harvard Medical School and MIT have designed a smart bandage that could eventually heal...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 5, 2017 -- Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank and Richard Henderson have claimed this...

PHILADELPHIA--(October 5, 2017)--The Wistar Institute, an international leader in biomedical research in the fields of cancer, immunology and infectious diseases,...

Brazilian researchers at the University of São Paulo's Bioscience Institute (IB-USP) are starting to unravel the molecular mechanisms by which...

Credit: ENI Scientific Director at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark, Jens Nielsen,...

AMHERST, Mass. - The National Institutes of Health announced today that microbiologist Sloan Siegrist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst...

DETROIT - Three Wayne State University (WSU) research teams were recently awarded funding from Wayne State's Michigan Translational Research and...

Credit: P Lehtinen / University of Helsinki Researchers at the University of Helsinki, Finland, have found a genetic variation, which...

A result that will help in the future diagnosis of children with neurodevelopmental disorders, such as intellectual disability, autism or...

Cambridge, MA - October 5, 2017 - A research team led by the Forsyth Institute today received a $5.4 million...