People with blood type O often get more severely ill from cholera than people of other blood types. New research ...

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A small pilot study has indicated that neurofeedback – where patients concentrate on modifying their own brainwave patterns – has ...

Credit: Image by Yuri Nakamura, Hiroshima University. How do cells avoid growing topsy-turvy? Growing so your top, front, bottom and ...

University of Pennsylvania engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost genetic test for the Zika virus. The $2 testing device, about ...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are developing ...

Sophia Antipolis April 26,2017. The impact of overtraining on the heart is set to be discussed at Europe's leading cardiovascular ...

Credit: EDM International Despite efforts to retrofit power poles and to build new poles to avian-friendly standards, electrocution remains a ...

Credit: Source: Mikhail Panteleev Platelets are small anucleated blood cells responsible for stopping bleeding. They detect blood vessel damage and ...

Credit: The John Innes Centre Dr Diane Saunders an early career scientist at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in partnership ...

Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 – Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income ...

Credit: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health BOSTON – The field of immunotherapy – the harnessing of patients' own ...

Irvine, Calif., April 15, 2016 — Using cutting-edge imaging technology, University of California, Irvine biologists have determined that uncontrolled fluctuations ...

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Credit: Collins lab, UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Collins, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the UC Davis College ...

Credit: UHN Toronto – Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital's Canadian Concussion Centre (CCC) have discovered the presence of chronic traumatic ...

Credit: Griffin et al. / Cell Host & Microbe Your microbiota may not be on your side as you try ...

HOUSTON – (Nov. 6, 2015) – Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether youth have ...

LA JOLLA–The brains of some people with autism spectrum disorder grow faster than usual early on in life, often before ...

Credit: Jason Donaldson A recent paper by scientists from Wits University in South Africa shows how creative fire management can ...