Study: While trust is inherited, distrust is not
Research has shown that how trusting a person is may depend, at least in part, on his or her genes. However, distrust does not appear...
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Mathematical biology tackles destructive plant virus
KNOXVILLE --Plant diseases pose a serious threat to global food security, especially in developing countries, where millions of people depend on consuming what they harvest....
Thousands of genes influence most diseases, Stanford researchers report
A core assumption in the study of disease-causing genes has been that they are clustered in molecular pathways directly connected to the disease. But work...
Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., wins 2017 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research
SAN DIEGO, June 20, 2017 -- Johnson & Johnson today named Douglas Wallace, Ph.D., of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, winner of the 2017 Dr. Paul...
African plant extract offers new hope for Alzheimer’s
A plant extract used for centuries in traditional medicine in Nigeria could form the basis of a new drug to treat Alzheimer's disease, researchers at...
Applying continuous airway pressure improves respiratory and survival rates in children
June 20, 2017 -- A study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health found that applying continuous positive...
Predicting cognitive deficits in people with Parkinson’s disease
Parkinson's disease (PD) is commonly thought of as a movement disorder, but after years of living with PD approximately twenty five percent of patients also...
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