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Credit: Anne Blanc-Potard A bacterial pathogen that typically multiplies outside of host cells can enter and induce the destruction of cells called macrophages, according to...

Credit: CDC, US Federal Government public domain Strongyloides stercoralis is a soil-transmitted threadworm that is endemic in many tropical and subtropical areas of the world....

Credit: N. Palacios and V. Govindan After a prolonged decline, global hunger is on the rise--affecting more than 820 million individuals in 2017. Additionally, more...

Research conducted at Syracuse University provides medical evidence that a person can reduce their metabolic symptoms - and therefore their risk of cardiovascular disease -...

Helical crystal could yield unexpected properties, like superconductivityCredit: UC Berkeley image by Yin Liu With a simple twist of the fingers, one can create a...

Credit: UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center In an advance for medical imaging, scientists from University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered a...

Discovery will lead to new methods for materials design It's not an electron. But it sure does act like one. Northwestern University researchers have made...

Techniques could lead to personalized wearable and implantable devicesCredit: Felice Frankel Hearing aids, dental crowns, and limb prosthetics are some of the medical devices that...

More than 5 million cancer survivors in the United States experience chronic pain, almost twice the rate in the general population, according to a study...

Steady decline in acute cases reflects successful vaccination programmesCredit: ECDC In 2017, the majority (58%) of the almost 27 000 newly reported hepatitis B cases...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers at Cornell University have created a system of circulating liquid -- "robot blood" -- within robotic structures, to store energy and...

CRCHUM researchers identify the 28 genes responsible Montreal, June 20, 2019 - Our immune system is programmed to destroy cancer cells. Sometimes it has trouble...

University of Pennsylvania researchers showed that mice could be protected from the infection with a live attenuated vaccineCredit: Muthgapatti Kandasamy, Adam Sateriale, and Boris Striepen...

First-ever study to focus on premenopausal women finds up to 40% higher risk of breast cancer in women carrying a specific genetic markerCredit: Jordan Carson...

Credit: Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Homeowners and businesses may now have an easier time getting solar panels on rooftops thanks to software developed at...