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Credit: Patrick Bolger Researchers at RCSI and Trinity College Dublin have revealed insights into how the body clock controls the inflammatory response, which may open...

Credit: Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Each year in the U.S., at least 23,000 people die from infections caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria, according...

SAN FRANCISCO--August 20, 2018--To fight viral infections, your immune system calls on CD8 T cells to kill the infected cells. The CD8 T cells can...

CORVALLIS, Ore. - When adults are participants in school recess - leading games, monitoring play and ensuring conflicts are mediated quickly - children are more...

Credit: IMS Health and Quintiles Frankfurt, Germany, August 20, 2018: Osteoporosis is estimated to affect 200 million women across the world. In Germany, the prevalence...

CHICAGO (August 20, 2018): An estimated 30 percent of all diseases globally require surgical care and expertise,* yet global surgeons based in academic health centers...

CHICAGO--August 20, 2018--The emerging field of diabetology--a sub-specialty of endocrinology focused on the treatment of people with diabetes--is intended to address an emerging crisis in...

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- The human body produces many antimicrobial peptides that help the immune system fend off infection. Scientists hoping to harness these peptides as...

Credit: Mattheau Comerford/Rice University Early this spring, Rice University evolutionary biologist Scott Egan stood in a patch of live oak scrub habitat in South Florida...

Bottom Line: Many southern California high school students report being concerned that discrimination is increasing in society and that concern appears to be associated with...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Acute kidney injury, an often fatal condition without a specific treatment, affects up to 10 percent of...

Credit: Roth Lab CHAPEL HILL, NC - Serotonin, known as the "happiness" neurotransmitter, is a chemical found in the body responsible for feelings of well-being....

In a new study, researchers developed a gene expression predictor that can indicate whether melanoma in a specific patient is likely to respond to treatment...

In a sign of the times, new USC research shows that some kids stressed out over recent public acts of discrimination show increased behavioral problems....

A study published today in the journal JAMA Pediatrics reports that the method federal regulators use to monitor illegal underage tobacco sales fails to detect...