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Credit: Rachel Wu UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – One day, our brains will not work the way they used to, we won't be as "sharp"...

Credit: University Hospitals CLEVELAND: The Cornea Society has awarded Jonathan Lass, MD, the Castroviejo Medal, its highest honor. Dr. Lass, an ophthalmologist at University Hospitals...

Credit: National Cancer Institute Roughly a third of all genes in the mammalian genome are essential for life. A new article in Nature, from an...

Materials researchers love sea creatures. Mother-of-pearl provokes ideas for smooth surfaces, clams inspire gluey substances, shark's skin is used to develop materials that reduce drag...

ATLANTA — The first breast cancer risk-prediction model based entirely on data from Hispanic women, including whether a woman was born in or outside of...

Credit: Professor Hiroyuki Oshiumi The innate immune system in mammals defends against infection from viruses and other microbial infections. Unfortunately, the human immune response to...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The key weapon against viruses and bacteria that invade the body is production of antibodies, which act like guided missiles...

Credit: Drosophila Virtual Expression eXplorer, BIMSB at the MDC After 13 rapid divisions a fertilized fly egg consists of about 6,000 cells. They all look...

Credit: Jeff Burrell/WCS Beavers, high elevation streams, and oyster reefs are just three of the weapons in the fight against climate change discussed in 14...

Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia in the elderly and occurs in all ethnic and racial groups. It affects more than 5 million...

Credit: GLEAM 2.0 Philadelphia, PA, September 11, 2017 – Humans face mounting challenges when it comes to finding ways to sustainably feed an exploding population....

Credit: Schimenti Lab, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. – An existing drug may one day protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility that commonly follows cancer treatments,...

Credit: Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Chemicals used as flame retardants that are potentially harmful to humans are found in hair, toenails and fingernails, according...

Anxiety disorders are the most common type of mental illness in the United States. And while much is understood about the biochemistry of anxiety, little...

Credit: Thomas Werner Pulling data from 180 different lines of fruit flies, researchers from Michigan Technological University compared resistance to a toxin found in mushrooms...