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The need to produce just the right amount of protein is behind the striking uniformity of sizes CAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT biologists have discovered the...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, February 7, 2019--Researchers have shown that targeted silencing of microRNA-132, which is over-expressed in type 2...

Technology using a membrane-free, flow battery is showing success in powering golf carts and other applicationsCredit: Lyna Landis, Purdue Research Foundation WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -...

When Washington voters legalized marijuana in 2012, many parents found themselves with a new teachable moment. Though illegal for anyone under 21, the drug presented...

Unique structure of circRNA makes it an ideal candidate for biomarkers -- and it can be detected in blood or urineCredit: University of Michigan Rogel...

Mass. General study identifies cancer-associated strains in tumors from patients age 30 and under A remarkable recent increase in the diagnosis of vocal-cord cancer in...

Credit: Professor Wörheide Comparative genome content analyses provide insight into the early evolution of animals. A novel method that permits the use of larger datasets...

Findings may have immediate impact on clinical practice WHAT: Hyperglycemia, or increased glucose, is common in patients with acute ischemic stroke and is associated with...

WASHINGTON -- The immunotherapy that has revolutionized treatment of many cancers appears to offer similar benefit to cancer patients living with HIV, say researchers at...

Nicotine works inside cells to reinforce addictionCredit: Caltech/Lester laboratory When a person takes a puff on a cigarette, nicotine floods into the brain, latching onto...

Credit: Duvall et al./Cell Unlike humans, who usually get hungry again only a few hours after eating, a female mosquito that has fed on human...

An insufficient amount of sleep and qualitatively poor sleep are common among the general population. Prior studies have indicated that prolonged insufficient sleep and poor...

Credit: JD Howell, McMaster University The benefits of exercise are widely known but kinesiologists at McMaster University have for the first time found that physical...

Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - A multi-center phase II clinical trial investigating pembrolizumab as a first-line and programmed cell death-1 therapy...

Credit: Alex Wild She weighs less than one ten-thousandth of an ounce and her top speed is less than two miles per hour. Nonetheless, the...