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Credit: Suddher BhimiReddy and Kiran Bhaganagar It was morning in Khan Sheikhoun, a small rural town in the north of Syria. Residents went about their...

Credit: Photo by Kevin Patrick Robbins/McMaster University. Hamilton, ON (September 10, 2018) - McMaster University researchers have provided evidence of new cancerous cells they have...

Credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor An international team of researchers has mapped Nemo's genome, providing the research community with an invaluable resource to decode the response of...

Among adolescents and young adults with cancer, social support was the most decisive factor associated with life satisfaction. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed...

A recent Finnish study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä showed that adolescents with better aerobic fitness have more compliant arteries than their lower fit...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have shown how BRCA-associated protein 1 (BAP1) serves...

C. David Allis and Michael Grunstein for discoveries elucidating how gene expression is influenced by chemical modification of histones--the proteins that package DNA within chromosomes...

UC San Francisco researchers have discovered how a mutation in a gene regulator called the TERT promoter -- the third most common mutation among all...

A drug used to treat inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and vasculitis as well as to prevent organ rejection in transplant patients has been identified as...

Paris, France, 10 September 2018 - Individualised therapies that target the specific genetic features of tumours have the potential to transform cancer diagnosis, treatment and...

Cancer cells often have mutations in their DNA that can give scientists clues about how the cancer started or which treatment may be most effective....

Credit: Cat Allison/Nevada Momentum. E-cigarettes have become increasingly popular as a smoke-free alternative to conventional tobacco cigarettes, but the health effects of "vaping" on humans...

Credit: Barrow Neurological Institute Barrow Neurological Institute has initiated a $50 million effort, supported by the single largest research grant in the history of brain...

Credit: Van Urfalian LOS ANGELES - Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC are looking to technology to help deconstruct expert surgeons' robotic...

Scientists with the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute say a gene involved in the body's circadian rhythms is a potential target for therapies to help...