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Around 1% of patients with HIV - known as elite controllers - are able to survive without antiviral treatment, because their immune systems produce certain...

Credit: McKay Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC - Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time multiply and mature into many...

Loading video... Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan State University research is the first to help a professional race car driver...

Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered that a molecule which can sense the swelling of fat cells also controls a signaling pathway that...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The 22q11.2 region of human chromosome 22 is a hotspot for a variety of birth defects. Scientists learned about this...

Credit: Kyle Hawes, UBC Okanagan A recent study from UBC's Okanagan campus identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that can help improve management of...

What happens in the brain when we see other people experiencing a trauma or being subjected to pain? Well, the same regions that are involved...

Credit: © 2017 Jasmeen Merzaban The protein tags that adorn immune cells and engage with receptors to promote inflammation in the body's endothelial tissues are...

(Boston)--A new study has uncovered a molecular mechanism in the prion protein, a protein responsible for neurodegenerative diseases, which may explain why nerve cells degenerate...

Credit: Michigan Medicine Researchers are working to determine why the aortic valve doesn't form correctly in patients with the most common congenital heart defect: bicuspid...

Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (May 25, 2017) - For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive care -- chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, acute hospitalizations and intensive care unit...

A toddler's gender influences the brain responses as well as the behavior of fathers -- from how attentive they are to their child, to the...

The invasion of nonnative species has widespread and detrimental effects on both local and global ecosystems. These intruders often spread and multiply prolifically, overtake and...

Credit: University of Maryland/Bee Informed Partnership Beekeepers across the United States lost 33 percent of their honey bee colonies during the year spanning April 2016...

Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. - A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can be achieved if an additional...