In about half of all patients with rare hereditary disorders, it is still unclear what exact position of the genome ...

Credit: Photo by Ramon Leon Palmer amaranth is widely considered to be one of the most damaging and difficult to ...

Credit: Geology, Victoria A. Hudspith and Claire M. Belcher Boulder, Colo., USA: One of the main types of fossil used ...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although current treatments for iron-deficiency anemia can be effective, they commonly fail because pediatric patients ...

Credit: Eddy Perez, LSU Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are paving the way for more precision in determining surgical margins for ...

Credit: (Illustration by Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga) CHAPEL HILL, NC - UNC School of Medicine researchers have cracked a long-standing mystery about ...

Older adults with elevated levels of brain-clogging plaques -- but otherwise normal cognition -- experience faster mental decline suggestive of ...

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There has been no known link between diabetes and vitamin A - until now. A new study suggests that the ...

Credit: Image: Mezzenga Lab / ETH Zurich The news story made a big splash: in January 2016 ETH researchers Professor ...

Exactly when and where individual neurons develop is as important to our understanding of brain diseases as the underlying genetics, ...

Credit: Timothy Mosca Many neurological diseases are malfunctions of synapses, or the points of contact between neurons that allow senses ...

TAMPA, Fla. (June 13, 2017) - Testicular cancer is relatively rare with only 8,850 cases expected this year in the ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For many patients, participating in gene therapy clinical trials isn't an option because their immune system recognizes ...

A team of scientists has discovered a new crystal form of DDT that is more effective against insects than the ...

(Boston) -- Impairment of a particular gene raises increases susceptibility to opioid addiction liability as well as vulnerability to binge ...

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2017) -- Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury ...

People with diabetes who took their medications at least 80 percent of the time and people who exercised four or ...

The purpose of the international research project NANOaers (= Fate of aerosolised nanoparticles: The influence of surface active substances on ...