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A new study published in the journal BRAIN shows for the first time that neurons in the spinal cord process pain signals differently in women...

People with congenital stationary night blindness (CSNB) are unable to distinguish objects in dim-light conditions. This impairment presents challenges, especially where artificial lighting is unavailable...

The stress hormone cortisol reduces altruistic behavior and alters activity in brain regions linked to social decision making — but only in people who are...

A novel system to control protein aggregation in a model of Parkinson’s disease may answer longstanding questions about how the disease begins and spreads, according...

Investigators at the Brigham and the Broad Institute have created specialized, tissue-like structures in the laboratory to model barrier tissues, such as the intestines, to...

A Faculty of Medicine team from the University of Ottawa and their international collaborators have shown proof of concept for an entirely new therapeutic approach...

LA JOLLA, CA—When a heavy alcohol drinker tries to take a night off, their body protests, with shaky hands, heart palpitations, anxiety and headaches. These...

URBANA, Ill. – To accurately diagnose and treat diseases, doctors and researchers need to see inside bodies. Medical imaging tools have come a long way...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — While scientists have broadly agreed that a fraction of the alcohol people consume is broken down before it reaches the bloodstream in...

Consumers who are environmentally aware will likely warm up to the idea of using alternative proteins like insect meal in poultry feed if they’re given...

New insight on the origins and early evolution of echinoids, a group that includes the sea urchins, the sand dollars, and their relatives, has been...

Researchers at Rutgers University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rockefeller University, and Cornell University are teaming up to examine how the processes that regulate gene...

Students’ identities can play a key role in how comfortable they feel and how often they speak up in the classroom, especially in STEM fields....

People who consume sugar and other carbohydrates in excess over a long period of time have an increased risk of developing an autoimmune disease. In...

Inside your body on the surface of cell membranes, a metaphorical communication and traffic network is underway as hormones - or chemical messengers - bind...