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Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(Aug. 9, 2018) Antibiotic use is driving an epidemic of antibiotic resistance, as more susceptible bacteria are killed but more resilient...

Credit: IPC PAS SERS, an extremely sensitive laboratory method of analysing chemical composition, is set to become widespread decades after its invention. The main obstacle...

Credit: UTHealth HOUSTON - (August 9, 2018) - When it comes to diet in the Western world of overconsumption where cheap convenience food rules, the...

Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Ashleigh Schaffer, PhD, assistant professor of genetics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and a...

(PHILADELPHIA) - Certain molecular drivers of cancer growth are "undruggable" - it's been nearly impossible to develop chemicals that would block their action and prevent...

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - August 9, 2018 - Although immunotherapy is seen as a very promising treatment for cancer, currently only 20 to 30 percent of...

Previous research has revealed that patients with acute myeloid leukemia who also have a particular mutation in a gene called NPM1 have a higher rate...

ITHACA, N.Y. - New research provides details of how the structure of the HIV-1 virus is assembled, findings that offer potential new targets for treatment....

The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as U.S....

Credit: Kanazawa University Uncovering the expansion processes of human habitats in the past is of great importance for understanding the origins and establishment of present-day...

Credit: IBS Every day you get a day older. So do plants. While the biological daily clock ticks, time passes also for the aging clock....

Credit: HKUST Synapses, the structure that allows neurons to pass signals to one another, are essential to neuronal function. Proper formation and responses to stimulation...

Vets have developed a blood test that quickly spots early signs of liver disease in dogs, a study suggests. Experts say that the test -...

Agriculture and food systems policies should ensure more than just the supply of food. Decision-makers must make a paradigm shift to align policies about climate,...

A new area in depression research suggests dysfunction in mitochondria -- the main source of energy for cells -- could lead to major depression. Published...