Researchers have recently begun to realize that biological sex plays a key role in disease risk. Sex plays a role in hypertension, diabetes, arthritis -...
Credit: Kingsmore et al. WASHINGTON, D.C., July 3, 2018 -- Interstitial fluid transports nutrients and removes waste between the organs and tissues in our body....
An international research team, including scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), has discovered and characterized a new family...
Credit: UK Research Communications LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 2, 2018) - Joe Chappell's latest venture in plant-based drug development could be described, quite literally, as "out...
Credit: Matt Zeher Opportunities for people to interact with nature have declined over the past century, as most people now live in urban areas and...
Credit: Jessica Huss An international team of researchers including members of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces has discovered a self-sealing mechanism in...
A pioneering research project has identified genes potentially associated with functions such as growth and weight gain in the Nelore breed. These functions are key...
In the animal kingdom, males of certain species possess flashy ornamentation that appears to do little to enhance their survival; think of a peacock's long,...
Credit: the researchers Researchers using satellite imaging have found much greater than expected deforestation since 2000 in the highlands of Southeast Asia, a critically important...
Credit: Resolute Consortium / Bojan Vilageos By combining an inclusive, open-access ethos to the techniques and results of the research with the highest-possible quality of...
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers are the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer are unraveling a crucial thread that explains why cancer so...
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- For many women diagnosed with breast cancer, genetic testing can offer important information that might guide treatment...
Bottom Line:Nearly all cervical cancers are associated with persistent cervical infection from cancer-related human papillomavirus (HPV) strains. Testing for HPV alone, or combined with a...
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 3, 2018 - Using a new computational strategy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified 29 genetic changes...
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second-most-common form of skin cancer. Evidence suggests the human papilloma virus plays a role in the development of some types...
