Researchers decipher one of the body's brain regeneration mechanismsCredit: Copyright: Staroßom/Charité Diseases such as multiple sclerosis are characterized by damage to the 'myelin sheath', a...
Credit: NIBB Reef-building corals thrive in nutrient poor marine environments due to an obligate symbiotic relationship with symbiotic dinoflagellates, zooxanthellae. Corals cannot survive without symbiotic...
Credit: Dr. Jelena Vukcevic Emerging infectious diseases comprise a substantial fraction of important human infections, with potentially devastating global health and economic impacts. A 2008...
The price we pay for our advanced brains may be a greater tendency to disordersCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science Prof. Rony Paz of the Weizmann...
A new study on intergenerational transmission of trauma has found evidence that Holocaust survivors suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and their adult offspring exhibit more...
Proof-of-concept study demonstrates test's preclinical utilityCredit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Prions can infect both humans and animals, causing Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in...
Researchers discovered that the human mutation rate is significantly slower than for our closest primate relatives. This may be important for estimates of when the...
Eosinophil immune cells are capable of killing colon cancer cells, Tel Aviv University researchers say A new Tel Aviv University study finds that eosinophils --...
Credit: Langkilde Lab, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Having ancestors who were frequently exposed to stressors can improve one's own immune response to stressors,...
Credit: Fotolia / Graphene Flagship As the drive to commercialise graphene continues, it is important that all safety aspects are thoroughly researched and understood. The...
Credit: Photos courtesy Illinois Archaeological Society: 'Revealing Greater Cahokia.' CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- With a population between 10,000 and 30,000 in its heyday (A.D. 1050-1200) and...
This book is by Dr. Robert S. D. Higgins, and Dr. Juan Sanchez, published on Nov. 29, 2018 The lifesaving potential of transplantation has been...
When you get sick, a doctor or hospital is typically right down the road, a couple hours away at most. But what if the nearest...
Credit: UAB A team of researchers has discovered a new process capable of generating resistance to synthetic antibacterial drugs within bacterial populations long before they...
The FinnGen study, launched in autumn 2017, is a broad academic-industrial collaboration between the Finnish biobanks and their respective Universities, University Hospitals, the Institute of...
