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Credit: Melissa Fabrizio A groundbreaking discovery by University of Alberta researchers has identified previously-unknown therapeutic targets that could be key to preventing the spread of...

NEW YORK (June 20, 2018)--Cannabis use may be decreasing among teens, but a new study by researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health...

Credit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin. In a pilot study by a team of researchers at The University of Texas...

Boston, MA -- More than 60 percent of women who undergo a mastectomy to treat breast cancer choose breast reconstruction, and the demand for that...

An international team of scientists have developed a new way to screen for age-related cognitive decline at home using a test which asks people to...

Credit: © Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- June 20, 2018 -- Aquinnah Pharmaceuticals, leaders in stress granule biology, an exciting new target for the development...

In what researchers are calling a game changer for future ataxia treatments, a new study showed the ability to turn down the disease progression of...

Credit: German Primate Center -- Leibniz Institute for Primate Research The runners are lined up at the starting line, patiently awaiting the start signal for...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A new therapeutic approach may one day delay neurodegeneration typical of a disease called mucopolysaccharidoses IIIB (MPS IIIB). Neurodegeneration in...

Credit: Image courtesy of Stephen Boppart CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new microscope system can image living tissue in real time and in molecular detail, without...

Bloodhounds are famous for their ability to track scents over great distances. Now researchers have developed a modern-day bloodhound - a robot that can rapidly...

PHILADELPHIA - In an effort to improve stroke recognition and reduce life-threatening pre-hospital delays worldwide, an international team lead by researchers at Penn Medicine created...

Credit: European Psychiatry Philadelphia, June 20, 2018 - A study published in European Psychiatry reports on factors underlying the current rise in radical conversions among...

Credit: University of British Columbia Recovering from the suicide of a friend, partner or family member can be emotionally challenging for men, largely due to...

Credit: © Margret Bülow/Julia Sellin "Lorenzo's Oil" was to help a seriously ill boy suffering from a peroxisomal disorder (adrenoleukodystrophy/ALD). The true story was turned...