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Most of the human brain's estimated 86 billion nerve cells, or neurons, can ultimately engage in a two-way dialogue with any other neuron. To shed...

Credit: Despoina Mavridou Some bacteria can release toxins that provoke their neighbours into attacking each other, a tactic that could be exploited to fight infections....

MANHASSET, NY - Research scientists from The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell in Hempstead,...

Credit: UA College of Medicine - Tucson Our immune system is at its peak when we're young, but after a certain age, it declines and...

(CHICAGO) -- A regimen of low-dose aspirin potentially may reduce plaques in the brain, which will reduce Alzheimer's disease pathology and protect memory, according to...

Credit: Erwin J. Alles, University College London WASHINGTON -- While ultrasound is one of the most common medical imaging tools, conventional electronic ultrasound devices tend...

(Boston)--Athletes with shoulder instability injuries often undergo shoulder stabilization surgery to return to sport (RTS) and perform at their preinjury activity level. Returning to sports...

(PHILADELPHIA) - "I just needed to know what was causing the pain," said one patient. People walk into an emergency room because something is wrong....

Credit: Gottesman lab Researchers at Johns Hopkins have added to evidence that rising and chronic inflammation as measured by a biomarker in the blood in...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Damage to DNA is a daily occurrence but one that human cells have evolved to manage. Now, in a new paper published...

Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 2, 2018 - Using data from large clinical trials, UT Southwestern researchers developed a way to predict which patients...

Scientists in Dresden, Germany, have been successful in mimicking mechanisms of Alzheimer's disease in a novel, stem cell-based model system that reproduces features of human...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 2, 2018--A new study has shown that despite excellent glycemic control and low glycemic variability...

Credit: TERRA-MEPP Project Today's crop breeders are trying to boost yields while also preparing crops to withstand severe weather and changing climates. To succeed, they...

Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Picnics, parades and fireworks are the attributes of a grand July Fourth celebration. So are the itch and...