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Osaka, Japan – Commonly known as whooping cough, pertussis is a respiratory disease that results from infection with the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. This ailment often...

Skin cells and their DNA varies between individuals, but new data from Flinders University shows that some groups of people have higher variability in their...

Cancer is currently the most common cause of death in most developed countries around the world. In the USA, comprehensive progress in cancer research, prevention,...

CHARGE syndrome, which affects approximately one in 10,000 newborns worldwide, is associated with neurological and behavioural conditions like intellectual disability, attention deficit disorder, convulsions, and...

Researchers at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have revealed how poxviruses build their scaffold - a temporary protein coat that...

Recently published research led by University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa scientists highlights the potential for using oceanographic sensors to make accurate predictions of Vibrio vulnificus,...

Soy molasses and kudzu roots contain isoflavonoids with high antioxidant and cytotoxic activity, scientists have discovered. Substances can help fight cancer, especially when chemotherapy or...

One of the serious complications that can occur during late pregnancy happens when the amniotic sac (also called the bag of waters) breaks too early,...

Newly-discovered subfossils in the remote Marquesas Islands reveal the biological splendor that greeted Polynesian explorersCredit: Allen et al. (Nick Porch), 2022, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0...

Neandertal populations in the Iberian Peninsula were experiencing local extinction and replacement even before Homo sapiens arrived, according to a study published March 30, 2022...

A rare type of brain blood vessel malformation known as a cavernous angioma affects more than one million Americans and carries a lifetime risk of...

Very premature babies need extra oxygen and mechanical intervention to breathe, but this damages their lungs, causing a chronic lung disease called bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD)....

Scientists have found microbes living in the charred soil that wildfires leave behind. They don’t know how some fungi and bacteria manage to thrive when...

Scientists at the University of California San Diego are hard at work on new genetic technologies intended for use in curbing mosquito populations, fighting the...

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—March 30, 2022—When mice with atopic dermatitis—a common type of allergic skin inflammation—are treated with drugs that target the immune system, their thickened,...