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A special kind of small sulfur-rich proteins, the metallothioneins, have an extraordinarily large capability for binding heavy metals. An international team of scientists has now...

Hamilton, ON (Mar. 22, 2016) - McMaster University researchers have discovered that while survivors of childhood brain tumours have a similar Body Mass Index (BMI)...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center By the time Ewing's Sarcoma is diagnosed, primarily in teens and young adults, it has often spread from its...

Credit: Ivan Prates It all began with a photograph of a lizard posted on Facebook in August 2015 by the Brazilian Herpetology group. It was...

How a disease outbreak affects a group of animals depends on the breakdown of ages in the population, research has shown. The findings could help...

Credit: Sarah Bird, Michigan Tech A person doesn't have to get sick to catch a virus. Researchers hope to catch viruses for detection and vaccinations...

Carbapenems are among the "antibiotics of last resort" and can fight infections for which other drugs have long lost their effectiveness. However, even carbapenem-resistant pathogenic...