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Credit: Courtesy of Sawyer Broadley, Amey Zhang and Jeremy DeSilva. The fossil site of Malapa in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa, discovered by Lee...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Brain cells involved in memory play an important role after a meal in reducing future eating behavior, a finding that could...

Researchers will investigate mangosteen fruit as potential treatment for prostate cancerCredit: UIC/Arnold Diaz For generations, traditional healers in Southeast Asia have used the mangosteen fruit...

Kelvin Lee receives Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical TechnologyCredit: Photo by Evan Krape As the director of NIIMBL, the National Institute for...

The results of clinical trials conducted in Ethiopia by the Drugs for Neglected Diseases initiative (DNDi), in partnership with Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), the University...

Lays groundwork for developing treatments for peripheral neuropathy, other nerve diseasesCredit: Stefanie Geisler Nerve axons serve as the wiring of the nervous system, sending electrical...

A PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases press releaseCredit: DNDi/L. Otieno, 2019 Coinfection with visceral leishmaniasis (VL) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has been observed in at...

NIH-funded study sheds new light on brain circuits related to affective and social dysfunction A new study in rodents has shown that the brain's cerebellum--known...

Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center A study by UCLA researchers is the first to demonstrate a technique for coaxing pluripotent stem cells --...

Antibody-producing B cells, not disease-fighting T cells, protect against reactivation of cytomegalovirus SEATTLE -- Jan. 17, 2019 -- A new study in Science challenges long-held...

Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, January 17, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing the next generation artificial intelligence,...

A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect bites. It is the first...

Scientists are piecing together how genes involved in neural development can affect body weightCredit: Dr. Sebastien Bouret, CHLA Leading a unique, collaborative research study with...

Results from a Danish population-based study Copenhagen, January 16, 2019: A new study suggests that vital exhaustion - which can be perceived as an indicator...