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Credit: Institut PasteurScientists from the Institut Pasteur have demonstrated the role of lysosomal vesicles in transporting α-synuclein aggregates, responsible for...

Cynthia Goldsmith This colorized transmission electron micrograph (TEM) revealed some of the ultrastructural morphology displayed by an Ebola virus virion....

There are 3 epidemic types of S. Enteritidis based on 675 isolates; 2 African epidemic types and a global epidemic...

Caenorhabditis elegans. Credit: WikipediaMicrosporidia cause diarrhea, an illness called microsporidiosis and even death in immune-compromised individuals. In spite of those...

CHAPEL HILL-Requiring students to get vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, to enter school could prevent many cancers linked...

Cold Spring Harbor, NY – Neuroscientists today publish in Neuron details of a revolutionary new way of mapping the brain...

A study performed by researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) shows swimming is as effective as walking...

A chance observation in a Southern California fast food restaurant led Luis Martinez, Ph.D., to wonder about the connections behind...

Rheumatoid arthritis patients taking medications that inhibit interleukin-1beta (IL-1beta), a molecule that stimulates the immune system, are 300 times more...

Credits: Wikimedia.orgCOLUMBUS, Ohio – New research links specific inherited genetic differences (alterations) to an increased risk for eye (uveal) melanoma,...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have found that a form of magnetic resonance imaging...

A fundamental question in neuroscience is how neuronal networks and circuits give rise to brain function, as disruptions in these...

House dust mites, which are a major source of allergens in house dust, can cause asthma in adults and children....

Credit: Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology Researchers from the Federal Research and Clinical Centre of Physical-Chemical Medicine, and staff...

Credits: WikimediaWASHINGTON, DC – August 17, 2016 – The multidrug-resistant yeast Candida auris, which has caused fatal infections in some...

Credit: David Poché With an estimated 500,000 human infections and 50,000 deaths annually, visceral leishmaniasis (VL) is the second most...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18, 2016 — There’s not much that can top a big bowl of spaghetti and meatballs — except,...

Immune memory ensures a quick and specific response to previously encountered pathogens. However, for rapidly evolving pathogens like influenza virus,...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment. These effects...

WASHINGTON — Today, patients with cataracts can choose from several types of artificial lenses, which are surgically implanted in the...