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Every cell and every organism ages sooner or later. But why is this so? Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg have now...

ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers have discovered there is a division of labor among immune cells that fight invading pathogens in the body. The...

Credit: University of Louisville LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville today announced the first multimillion dollar gift of President Neeli Bendapudi's tenure to establish...

When the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) changed their recommendation for breast cancer and cervical...

Credit: LANL LOS ALAMOS, N.M., June 19, 2018--A new study by Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists and colleagues confirms that increasing minimum winter temperatures allow...

Credit: Jun Ohta Look into one's eye and you might be able to see their soul. Or at least you can see signs of a...

Credit: Osaka University Cells in multicellular tissues adhere to each other. Epithelial tissues on the surface layer of the intestines and skin pack cells into...

Credit: IMAGE - Xavier Diego, EMBL A team of researchers at EMBL have expanded Alan Turing's seminal theory on how patterns are created in biological...

Credit: Photo by Alaska Department of Fish and Game Scientists published the first hearing tests on a wild population of healthy marine mammals. The tests...

(Madison, Wis.) June 20, 2018--Forgetting names, skills or information learned in class is often thought of as purely negative. However unintuitive it may seem, research...

Credit: Ulf Andersson Vang Ørom RNA modifications can encrypt the RNA code and are responsible for a very sophisticated control of RNA function. A Danish-German...

Credit: Sahlgrenska University Hospital The majority of people with severe obesity have a lonely and prolonged struggle with their weight. In one study spanning more...

Researchers find important new piece in the Huntington's disease puzzle In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have discovered a hitherto unknown...

In water-limited landscapes sick animals can have increased contact with healthy individuals, which can facilitate disease transmission. Scientists from the German Leibniz Institute for Zoo...

From the spatter analysis made famous in the TV show Dexter to the frequent DNA profiling of CSI and the real cases covered in the...