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Credit: The illustration is courtesy of the authors and appears in the Molecular Cell paper. Baltimore, MD--A tremendous amount of genetic material must be packed...

Credit: Jen Roth URBANA, Ill. - Rice is the third most widely grown cereal grain worldwide, and the bran left over from milling white rice...

Credit: James McNew/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 28, 2018) -- James McNew's and Michael Stern's biochemical hunt for the root cause of a rare, paralyzing...

Credit: Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center A DNA-level biomarker (MGMT promoter methylation) can be used to help predict survival outcomes in patients with high-risk,...

Bottom Line: Worsening vision and declining cognitive function are common conditions among older people. Understanding the association between them could help reduce age-related cognitive changes....

Bottom Line: Cataract surgery was associated with a modest decrease in the risk of being involved in a serious traffic crash. Why The Research Is...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine A group of seven patients presenting with a similar disorder of unknown origin now know of a possible genetic root...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 28, 2018) Driving to work, typing an email or playing a round of golf--people perform actions such as these throughout...

Know your target. Especially if your target is coming into focus for treating diseases such as schizophrenia and treatment-resistant depression. NMDA receptors, critical for learning...

The primary task this article embarks upon is on determining whether the researches using KAPS (Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Surveys) has any heuristic purpose or...

People who have involuntary electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for depression have similar outcomes to those who have voluntary treatment, according to a ground-breaking new study conducted...

Cancers control immune systems and evade immune detection using mediators consisting of immune checkpoint molecules and cellular systems associated with immune suppression. In this review,...

Researchers at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have mastered a nearly 50-year-old challenge of electrosynthetic chemistry, namely the electrochemical synthesis of thebaine. The chemists had...

A combination of natural microtubules and synthetic macrocyclic receptors allows for the light-controlled, reversible aggregation of the microtubules into larger nanostructures. As Chinese scientists ..

The ESC Congress 2018 press programme is announced today. Journalists are invited to six late breaking science press conferences plus three press conferences with the...