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Credit: Photo: Volker Lannert/Uni Bonn The newly discovered substance is a so-called RNA aptamer. Aptamers are molecules that are related to DNA, the carrier of...

Credit: Jonathan Hodgkin The Genetics Society of America (GSA) is pleased to announce that Jonathan Hodgkin, PhD is the 2017 recipient of the Edward Novitski...

Credit: Sainsbury Wellcome Centre A powerful new tool for the study of spatial memory was today described in Nature as a significant improvement over the...

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA – (Oct. 5, 2017) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Eiman Azim has been named an NIH Director's New Innovator for 2017...

Credit: Photo by Elin Lindstrom Claessen A new treatment for osteoporosis provides major improvements in bone density and more effective protection against fractures than the...

Credit: John Soares BOSTON – (March 9, 2017) – If you become resistant to insulin, a condition that is a precursor to type 2 diabetes,...

Credit: Sezin Aray A team of researchers from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Coimbra, led by Dr. Lino Ferreira, MIT Portugal Program...

Milan, Italy: Regular use of disinfectants is linked to a higher risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to new research looking at...

Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine Oct. 16, 2017– BRONX, NY — Scientists now believe that the Fountain of Youth flows from our genes, or...

While study has long been conducted on vertebrates with sight-sensory systems involving a lens, retina and nervous system, new research reported by the University of...

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) is the leading cause of viral encephalitis (infection of the brain) in Asia. There is no specific treatment for Japanese encephalitis...

Credit: ATS Jan. 13, 2017 — Replacing biomass and kerosene cookstoves used throughout the developing world with clean-burning ethanol stoves may reduce hypertension and cardiovascular...

IMAGE: An electron microscope image of bioactive glass. Credit: Image courtesy of Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. – A few years from now millions of...

Credit: The American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, January 10, 2018 – Alcohol consumption has been identified as a modifiable risk factor for cancers such as...

Credit: University of Pennsylvania A new study led by University of Pennsylvania researchers has found that the oral microbiome is affected by diabetes, causing a...