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Researchers have built a model to investigate the metastasis of cancer by examining the metabolism of breast epithelial cells and look at the role of...

MIT chemists have devised a new way to synthesize a complex molecular structure that is shared by a group of fungal compounds with potential as...

HOUSTON – (June 6, 2016) – A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with roots in the brain’s ability...

In a meta-analysis of hundreds of clinical trials involving thousands of patients, researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that therapeutic...

Credit: Tomas Hasing ITHACA, NY– When gardeners look at a petunia, they see the vibrant and versatile blooms of the most popular bedding plant in...

At the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2016, researchers present results of three clinical trials using new targeted therapies against triple negative...

Chronic wounds cause nearly 80,000 lower leg amputations annually in the U.S. alone and are associated with an increased likelihood of death. While the body...

Credit: Brass Lab WORCESTER, MA – Eight weeks after receiving their first samples of Zika virus, scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS)...

Intestinal stem cells are among the most rapidly dividing cells in the body, busily creating new cells to replace the ones that are constantly being...

Compared to other mammals, humans have the largest cerebral cortex. A sheet of brain cells that folds in on itself multiple times in order to...

Blacks between the ages of 45 and 54 die of strokes at a rate that is three times greater than their white counterparts, according to...

A person’s genetic makeup plays a role in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis that develop when the body is attacked by its own immune...

Eating walnuts may change gut bacteria in a way that suppresses colon cancer, researchers led by UConn Health report in the journal Cancer Prevention Research....

Credit: Babraham Institute Use of a new technique developed at the Babraham Institute has allowed researchers to take an in-depth look at the gene shuffling...

For a long time dismissed as “junk DNA”, we now know that also the regions between the genes fulfil vital functions. Mutations in those DNA...