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As the idea of growing tiny human organs in lab dishes has moved in recent years from futuristic science fiction to actual bioscientific reality, the...

Credit: Johnny Tam, National Eye Institute Method of Research Observational study Subject of Research People Article Title Photoreceptor and retinal pigment epithelium relationships in eyes...

Dementia doesn’t just involve cognitive decline, it also involves deteriorating physical function. This major cause of limitation in activities of daily living in older adults...

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – Two new studies will examine female athletes’ mental and physical resilience via two newly funded grants, dedicated to improving performance and...

NEW YORK (July 28, 2022)—Dr. Jedd Wolchok, an internationally acclaimed medical oncologist whose innovations in immunotherapy have revolutionized melanoma treatment, has been recruited as the...

To treat some of the psychosis issues associated with Parkinson’s disease, physicians often prescribe pimavanserin, an antipsychotic drug that acts within the brain to prevent hallucinations...

When we fall ill, we often lose our appetite. This also has an effect on our metabolism: since it is no longer as well supplied...

An advanced form of cardiac MRI, developed by academics at UCL in collaboration with the Royal Free Hospital, has for the first-time enabled clinicians to...

If you compare the brain of someone who has died from neurodegenerative disease to that of a healthy person, you can’t miss the difference: In...

The movement of elephants through wildlife corridors is directly impacted by differing forms of human pressures and development, new research by Elephants Without Borders (EWB)...

A Nagoya University research group has developed an AI algorithm that accurately and quickly diagnoses idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease. The algorithm makes its...

A needle-free vaccine patch could better fight COVID-19 variants, such as Omicron and Delta, than a traditional needle vaccine according to a University of Queensland...

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron scattering to determine whether a specific material’s atomic structure could host a novel...

Why are bats often linked to incubating coronaviruses such as those behind COVID-19, SARS and other highly contagious respiratory diseases? A new Tulane University study suggests...

CHAPEL HILL, NC – When all else fails, some patients trying to overcome alcoholism, severe depression or anxiety, and even cluster headaches, turn to psychedelic...