Credit: NIAID WHAT: Virus-like particles (VLPs) are protein-based structures that mimic viruses and bind to antibodies. Because VLPs are not infectious, they show considerable promise...
Credit: Image courtesy of Francesca Puppo. A team of bioengineers at UC San Diego has answered a question that has long puzzled neuroscientists, and may...
Credit: McGill University If you want to learn to walk a tightrope, it's a good idea to go for a short run after each practice...
Vanderbilt researchers have documented evidence that legalizing same-sex marriage has improved access to health care for gay men in a study released as a National...
A new study led by researchers at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has identified some of the first...
It's a common occurrence in elderly people: Blood cells carrying mutated DNA explosively increase in number, resulting in genetic "mosaicism": the presence of a population...
TORONTO, JULY 11, 2018 -- Stressful situations affect the brain and body differently in people with schizophrenia compared to people without the mental illness or...
(San Francisco State University) Heart health and gut health may be linked. A new study by San Francisco State University researchers finds that people with...
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Randomized clinical trials are the gold standard of cancer research and can shed light on whether innovative, new therapies with...
The gains in insurance coverage with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) have already translated into improved health for young women with gynecologic...
When trying to inform their decisions on behavioral health policy, almost three-quarters of state legislators choose not to use universities, where most research is undertaken,...
Credit: Darin Lickfeld Take a trip down into the soil beneath a field of crops. You won't find just dirt, water, and creepy-crawlies. You'll also...
MAYWOOD, IL - Robotic surgery is as effective as traditional open surgery in treating bladder cancer, according to a landmark study published in the journal...
Credit: Micrograph by Dan Drecktrah. MISSOULA - University of Montana researchers Dan Drecktrah and Scott Samuels were recently awarded $449,998 from the National Institutes of...
Human stem cells are of great interest in the fields of regenerative medicine and medical research because they reproduce indefinitely and can differentiate into every...
