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WASHINGTON -- Acute and chronic infections in a person's upper gastrointestinal tract appear to be linked to Parkinson's disease, say...

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- With 20,000 diagnoses each year, ovarian cancer is the ninth most common cancer and...

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and Pfizer Inc.'s Centers for Therapeutic Innovation (CTI) recently announced the renewal...

Recent increases in an unregulated ozone-depleting substance, could delay recovery of Antarctic ozone levels by 5-30 years, depending on emissions...

Credit: Image by Dr. LI Yefei Synapses are fundamental building blocks of neural circuits. Synapse formation requires complex regulation involving...

Yoga causes musculoskeletal pain in 10 per cent of people and exacerbates 21 per cent of existing injuries, University of...

Credit: Alex Nord/UC Davis While the definitive causes remain unclear, several genetic and environmental factors increase the likelihood of autism...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA--June 27, 2017--Protein fragments found in semen, and previously only known for their ability to enhance HIV infection,...

No one wants to hear that they have a mutation in their DNA associated with the development of cancer. But...

Stem cells are considered biological allrounders because they have the potential to develop into the various body cell types. For...

Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown The Portuguese neuroscientist Rui Costa, principal investigator at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown,...

SEATTLE -- June 27, 2017 -- A team of scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center will lead an initiative...

Scientists at UC Berkeley and UC Riverside have demonstrated a way to edit the genome of disease-carrying mosquitoes that brings...

Credit: Video by Evan Lyall and Hillel Adesnik, UC Berkeley. Mice, unlike cats and dogs, are able to move their...

New York, NY (June 27, 2017)--Preschoolers from low-income families living in cities that took part in a two-year community-wide intervention...

Credit: Lancaster University 'A trade in people' with learning disabilities and/or autism has been uncovered by a partnership of activists,...

Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The heart is a dynamic muscle that grows and shrinks in response...

Credit: Nathan Morehouse When insects skip the light fandango their romantic foreplay often involves some pretty crazy things like hypnotic...

Credit: University of Iowa Pappajohn Biomedical Institute Mucus is important for maintaining healthy lungs. Inhaled particles, including bacteria and viruses,...

Credit: Dr. Kazuaki Monde Throughout our evolution, viruses have continually infected humans just as they do today. Some early viruses...