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Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and in Japan have used an ancient fish to reel in new insights about human...

Australian neurobiologists and material scientists have teamed up to innovate the petri-dish to be able to grow and age live brain cells from patients with...

Northwestern University synthetic biologists have developed a low-cost, easy-to-use, hand-held device that can let users know — within mere minutes — if their water is...

Fat tissue plays an important role in human health. However, our fat tissue loses function as we age, which can lead to type 2 diabetes,...

DURHAM, N.C. – Researchers at Duke University have uncovered a basic but surprising fact: your kitchen sponge is a better incubator for diverse bacterial communities...

When acute myeloid leukemia (AML) relapses, it is more difficult to treat and outcomes are dismal. Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have discovered a mutation...

Acute myeloid leukaemia, which affects blood and bone marrow cells, is a particularly dangerous form of cancer. More than half of patients under the age...

Whether nectar-sucking butterflies or blood-sucking mosquitoes - the ingestion of liquid food has long been known for many insects and other arthropods. A research team...

This may sound counterintuitive, but reducing the number of animals in a population can help the remaining individuals to survive through the winter.Credit: Photo: Brage...

It is estimated that about a quarter of cancer patients are at risk of brain metastases, a rate that is increasing especially among those who...

We use Google's image search to help us understand the world around us. For example, a search about a certain profession, "truck driver" for instance,...

Acne is among the most common skin diseases in the United States, according to the American Academy of Dermatology Association, affecting up to 50 million...

New spinosaurid dinosaur from Portugal which lived over 125 million years ago had a crocodile-like skull, a spiny back and may have been a wading,...

For those of us who occasionally trip over a curb or bump into a door frame, it’s hard to imagine an organism with a brain...

Proteins are the “workhorses” in every living cell and constitute the chemical basis of life. These little machines are required to turn food into energy,...