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Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct.5, 2017 -- A new study demonstrates success in using a...

ITHACA, N.Y. - A new test allows accurate, rapid testing for Salmonella, a bacteria that is one of the leading...

A long-term study spanning five years and including more than 3,000 nationally-representative older US adults has found that a natural...

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A comprehensive study of adolescent and young adult cancer patients found...

New Haven, Conn.-- More than 20 years after scientists revealed that mutations in the BRCA1 gene predispose women to breast...

Credit: Maria Grazia Vizioli and Zhixun Dou, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA -- Stress - defined broadly...

Credit: University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) UAlberta researchers have created two new imaging agents that could help physicians visualize the...

CHAPEL HILL -- A retrospective review of several thousand melanoma cases in North Carolina found that Medicaid patients were more...

CHAPEL HILL - A blood test for the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may help researchers forecast whether patients with throat...

Scientists have had positive results from a laboratory-based study using a well-known alcohol aversion drug to try to combat chemotherapy...

Bottom Line: A health care professional's recommendation was the most important factor driving decisions by women at high risk for...

In recent years, there has been growing controversy surrounding the evolutionary effects of trophy hunting in big game animals worldwide....

It's long been known that heart disease develops later in women than men. But the biological reasons why females have...

A new study published in the journal Brain Behavior and Immunity appears to challenge the theory that cells in the...

A new study published online in The FASEB Journal reveals a novel gene involved in maintaining body weight. Specifically, the...

Chemists at the University of Basel have been able to show for the first time that anaerobic bacteria can produce...

Credit: University of Sydney A highly elastic and adhesive surgical glue that quickly seals wounds without the need for common...

Credit: The University of Gothenburg Noisier seas seem to hamper fish reproduction. A new doctoral thesis from the University of...

Credit: Cornelia Spetea Wiklund, University of Gothenburg By developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant...

(Carnegie Institution for Science) Science News magazine has selected José Dinneny, of Carnegie's Department of Plant Biology, as one of...