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Fingerprinting official documents could provide a cost-effective way to prevent forgery, new research shows. Scientists from Newcastle University, UK, have...

Credit: © Andrey Atuchin, 2017 A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the 'age of...

Philadelphia, PA, May 25, 2017 - The human brain functions on a delicate balance of reinforcing positive behaviors and suppressing...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (May 25, 2017) - For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive care -- chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, acute...

Credit: L. Duka. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A team of researchers, led by a plant cell biologist at the University of...

PHILADELPHIA -- There are more than 98,000 people currently awaiting a kidney transplant in the United States. But the organs...

Transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS)--a non-invasive technique for applying electric current to areas of the brain--may be growing in popularity, but...

Credit: Michigan Medicine Researchers are working to determine why the aortic valve doesn't form correctly in patients with the most...

Credit: Rosenblum lab/UCSF In experiments in mice, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that regulatory T cells (Tregs; pronounced "tee-regs"),...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted authorization for a magnetic device used to treat pediatric esophageal atresia, a...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - May 25, 2017 - Individuals whose insurance covered the cost of a comprehensive medical weight-loss program had...

Novel urine test can identify when people are failing to take prescription drugs for hypertension Younger patients and females were...

(Boston)--A new study has uncovered a molecular mechanism in the prion protein, a protein responsible for neurodegenerative diseases, which may...

WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) -- Disruptions in a protein folding process occurring in the brain, known as endoplasmic reticulum (ER)...

Credit: © 2017 Jasmeen Merzaban The protein tags that adorn immune cells and engage with receptors to promote inflammation in...

(Pharmamar) PharmaMar (MSE:PHM) has announced today a licensing agreement with Eczasibasi Group to commercialize the marine-derived anticancer drug Aplidin® (plitidepsin)...

What happens in the brain when we see other people experiencing a trauma or being subjected to pain? Well, the...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA -- As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in...

Prague, Czech Republic - 25 May 2017: Men seem to have worse chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy than women despite receiving similar cancer...

Loading video... Credit: UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory Experiments with tiny, shelled organisms in the ocean suggest big changes to...