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Activation signs seen early in B cell differentiation New research on the autoimmune disease systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) provides hints to the origins of the...

Scientists at the University of Birmingham have shed fresh light on the mechanism used by certain types of bacteria to protect themselves against attack. Gram...

Credit: Emmanuel Mellet & Francesco d'Errico Long before Lascaux paintings, humans engraved abstract motifs on stones, shells or egg shells. the earliest are 540,000 years...

Credit: Tobias Zang 'Grandmother, why do you have such big ears?' is one of the most well-known questions in literature, posed of course by Red...

In a study of more than 16,000 women, improvements in diagnoses might lead to reduction in maternal and neonatal risk Gestational hypertension -- high blood...

As obesity increases in aging Western populations, frailty--which is exacerbated by obesity--is becoming a greater health concern and a major healthcare cost. Now, researchers report...

Credit: Gerton Lab KANSAS CITY, MO - Thanks to super-resolution microscopy, scientists have now been able to unambiguously identify physical associations between human chromosomes. The...

If a tree falls, and no one's there to hear it, does it feel pain and loneliness? No, experts argue in an opinion article publishing...

Credit: Douglas Portman, University of Rochester Very little is known about how the onset of puberty is controlled in humans, but the discovery of a...

New research urges more rigorous standards when diagnosing Not all burning mouths are the result of a medical condition known as "burning mouth syndrome" (BMS)...

Optimized gene-editing tool prevents hearing loss in mice with hereditary deafness without detectable off-target effects Scientists at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children's Hospital have...

Credit: NASA/JAXA/NRL/NOAA The Global Precipitation Measurement mission or GPM core satellite passed over the storm and measured the rate in which rain was falling throughout...

Bottom Line: Data for 154,089 older men diagnosed with prostate cancer were used to analyze the association between androgen deprivation therapy, a hormone-suppressing therapy used...

Programmable bacteria clear tumors in mouse models, and also treat distant tumors that were not injected; this novel method could be used to locally prime...

ASHP national survey explores pharmacists' role in managing opioids, medication therapy monitoring, and ambulatory clinics BETHESDA, MD (July 3, 2019) -- As hospitals look for...