Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the most common neurodegenerative movement disorder, afflicting more than 10 million people worldwide and more than one million Americans. While there...
An international team of researchers, led by University of Houston Cullen Endowed Professor of biomedical engineering Mario Romero-Ortega, has progressed electroceutical research for treatment of...
It’s not all in your head, but your expectations can sway your perception of pain intensity. Information about expectations — the driver of the placebo...
A water-borne fungus that has led to the extinction of several species of amphibians that spend all or part of their life cycle in water...
Plants are not entirely at the mercy of their herbivore enemies. Often, chemical defences ensure that the plants are inedible, or even toxic, and as...
Many curious animals can be found on the Indonesian Island of Sulawesi – such as the deer-hog and the midget buffalo. But the island’s tropical...
Researchers have long known that air pollution can increase the risk of disorders such as obesity, diabetes, and fertility, but they did not know the...
Niigata, Japan – Oral malignancies represent the seventh most common cancer worldwide. Many diagnosed patients relapse, despite radical resection of the primary oral squamous cell...
October 22, 2021. East Hanover, NJ. Kessler Foundation has been awarded a Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS) grant by the National Institute on Disability, Independent...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A heart attack kills heart muscle cells, leading to a scar that weakens the heart, often leading to eventual heart failure. The...
Psoriasis is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that manifests as red, scaly skin patches. There is no causal treatment for the disease, but the symptoms...
Galli is recognized for her contributions to the fields of computational condensed matter, materials science and nanoscience.Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) Galli is recognized...
Rolling green pastures dotted with grazing cows are a common sight in Virginia. However, there’s more strategy behind those grazing cows than most people know,...
Two new species dating back to the Early Cretaceous Period were recently discovered in Sevier County in southwest Arkansas. One is a small skink researchers...
Two tiny new species that inhabited part of what is now the American south some 100 million years ago have been discovered by a team...
