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Photo Credit: Elisabeth Fall SAN FRANCISCO, CA–With a trick of engineering, scientists at the Gladstone Institutes improved a potential weapon against inflammation and autoimmune disorders....

Boston, MA – Levels of a widely used class of industrial chemicals linked with cancer and other health problems–polyfluoroalkyl and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs)–exceed federally recommended...

Philadelphia, PA, August 9, 2016 – Prion diseases are deadly neurodegenerative disorders in humans and animals that are characterized by misfolded forms of prion protein...

While the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) pandemic fuels tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, it does not drive the development and transmission of multidrug-resistance in TB patients as...

An interdisciplinary, international group of researchers has found new biophysical markers that could help improve the understanding of treatments for sickle cell disease, a step...

In the retina of mice, a new type of neuron that falls outside century-old classifications has been discovered. Neurons are nerve cells involved in receiving...

A new study from MIT reveals that a brain region dedicated to reading has connections for that skill even before children learn to read. By...

Australian researchers have discovered that a new class of anti-cancer agents may be effective in treating multiple myeloma, an incurable bone marrow cancer. The research...

Two new studies indicate that health insurance status may impact patients’ health outcomes following a diagnosis of cancer. Cancer patients who were uninsured or had...

Coatings or paints are materials applied to different surfaces basically for decorative and protective purposes. Yet today the market for these materials is being subjected...

When a virus attacks our organism, an inflammation appears on the affected area which triggers off the process of immune defence within our body. White...

Irvine, Calif., Aug. 1, 2016 — Using new and innovative immune-therapeutic approaches to silence “don’t eat me” signaling proteins recognized by specialized cells of the...

The biologist Idoia Glaria-Ezquer has developed a diagnostic tool specifically for detecting encephalitis caused by small-ruminant lentiviruses in sheep and goats; its epidemiological interest lies...

BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Many lower organisms retain the miraculous ability to regenerate form and function of almost any tissue after injury. Humans share many...

New research published online in The FASEB Journal, describes a protein created by the body’s “biological clock” that actively represses inflammatory pathways within the affected...