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Credit: Ouyang et. al./Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. — In rare cases — for instance, among siblings in two families from...

Using a unique computational approach to rapidly sample, in millisecond time intervals, proteins in their natural state of gyrating, bobbing,...

A new technique invented at MIT can precisely measure the growth of many individual cells simultaneously. The advance holds promise...

DALLAS – September 05, 2016 -A new class of drugs called HIF-2 inhibitors is more effective and better tolerated than...

Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald, lead researcher based at the MRC Cancer Unit at the University of CambridgeScientists have discovered that oesophageal...

Streptococcus Bacteria Credit: WikimediaBiochemists at the University of California San Diego have uncovered patterns in the outer protein coat of...

A new study by investigators at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in collaboration with researchers at the University of York and...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Maintaining proper nutrition is an important part of cancer therapy. Patients are urged to consult their doctors before...

The cause of a disease that targets blood vessels in the brain – leading to multiple debilitating symptoms and, often,...

Scientists in recent years have made great strides in the quest to understand the brain by using implanted probes to...

Steven Lipshultz, MD, of Wayne State University School of Medicine and the Children’s Hospital of MichiganA potent chemotherapy drug can...

Lung Cancer Credit: WikimediaPATIENTS with non-small cell lung cancer which has spread to the brain could be spared whole brain...

Last March, the artificial intelligence (AI) program AlphaGo beat Korean Go champion LEE Se-Dol at the Asian board game. “The...

Credit: CupeFLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Sept. 2, 2016 — A new study by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) details the...

A depiction of the double helical structure of DNA. Its four coding units (A, T, C, G) are color-coded in...

Cross section of mouse muscle (in blue: labeling of nuclei; in green: labeling of muscle fiber membranes). Normal male mice...

Ebola in West Africa Credit: Global PanoramaPotential outbreaks of diseases such as Ebola and Lassa fever may be more accurately...

Automation failures have been the cause of such widely reported disasters as the crash of Air France Flight 447 in...

Credit: UBCScientists at the University of British Columbia have made a discovery that could potentially lead to treatments for a...

The brain connects sensory information from the environment to our subjective experiences, resulting in our perceptions, emotions, and memories. However,...