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CINCINNATI--A study led by environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine finds that children in...

Credit: CDC/Journal of Medical Entomology Annapolis, MD; September 21, 2017--Three-quarters of counties in the contiguous United States present suitable environmental...

(Spanish National Research Council (CSIC)) How did Neanderthals grow? Does modern man develop in the same way as Homo neanderthalensis...

Credit: Aleksandr Degtyarev A remote cave in Eastern Turkmenistan was found to shelter a marvelous cave-adapted inhabitant that turned out...

Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. - Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred...

Many research groups have recently explored human adaptation and successfully identified candidate genes to high altitude living among three major...

Credit: Sandra Goutte Pumpkin toadlets, found on the leaf litter of Brazil's Atlantic forest, are among the smallest frogs in...

PITTSBURGH, Sept. 21, 2017 - Expanding the high-dose influenza vaccine recommendation to include middle-aged adults with chronic health conditions may...

Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed using a novel gene therapy technique that stops the disease's immune response in...

Credit: Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. - An investigational therapy using modified poliovirus to attack cancer tumors appears to unleash the...

Credit: David Hungate/VTC Research Institute Scientists at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have successfully determined the full architecture of...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- By delivering strands of genetic material known as messenger RNA (mRNA) into cells, researchers can induce the...

A new study of the human microbiome -- the trillions of microbial organisms that live on and within our bodies...

The first time a young surgeon threads a wire through a stroke victim's chest up through their neck and fishes...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (Sept. 20, 2017) Is it better to do a task quickly and make mistakes,...

Credit: Image courtesy of Michelle Monje, M.D., Ph.D., Stanford University. New research conducted in mice provides evidence that highly lethal...

(Boston) - Colorectal cancer is the fourth leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. In a new study, researchers demonstrate for...

PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 20, 2017) -- A study conducted at The Wistar Institute has led to the identification of a...

BALTIMORE - Sept. 20, 2017. University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers are investigating a new approach to treat high-risk...

Researchers at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have discovered a genetic alteration that is directly involved in at...