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A protein complex within the cell has been found to play a key role in preventing the toxicity of proteins which build up amyloid plaques...

Progress towards an optically defined second could improve advanced communication and the search for new physics WASHINGTON -- Researchers have measured an optical clock's ticking...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The opioid epidemic may have cost U.S. state and federal governments up to $37.8 billion in lost tax revenue due to...

Credit: WorldPop A study by the University of Southampton shows that several low-and middle-income countries, especially in Africa, need more effective child vaccination strategies to...

Chronic diseases are a key factor limiting the mobility of older people Chronic diseases are a key factor limiting the mobility of older people. Usually...

Credit: Kanazawa University Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is associated with liver inflammation in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), and it can progress to liver...

Researchers say patients should continue to take the drugs, which are commonly prescribed to older men, but warn they may need additional health checks. The...

The first prize of the BMBF Validation Award goes to the ARES project on bionic ship coatings that reduce friction between ship walls and waterCredit:...

Credit: Kanazawa University Photodynamic diagnosis using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) is now widely used for neurosurgical resection of brain tumors. Distinguishing a tumor from healthy tissue...

Researchers from Goethe University and TU Munich decode biosynthesis of aryl polyene pigmentsCredit: Maximilian Schmalhofer Aryl polyene are yellow pigments produced by bacteria living in...

Researchers from the Experimental Oncology Group, led by Mariano Barbacid at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), have published in Cancer Cell the results...

Credit: CNIO When the surgeon surgically removes a melanoma, some patients are said to be 'cancer-free' and they do not get additional treatment. However, should...

Credit: The University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences During the Great Depression, some unemployed Texans were put to work as fossil hunters....

Evolutionary biologists demonstrate that male fruit flies manipulate their female partnersCredit: Mareike Koppik The fundamental biological process of reproduction can differ greatly from animal species...

LSTM's Senior Clinical Lecturer, Dr Shevin Jacob is corresponding author on a perspective piece published in the New England Journal of Medicine calling for universal...