Credit: Image: Front Microbiol.2016;7:329 The bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae has been under suspicion for quite a while. Now, researchers at the University of Zurich, the University...
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth researchers studying rats have discovered that activation of designer neural receptors can suppress cravings in a brain region involved in triggering...
Credit: McGill University Health Centre Montreal, July 31 2017 — Tuberculosis (TB) is a recognized hazard for healthcare workers, but the annual screening strategy currently...
IMAGE: NIST chemist Tom Bruno, who invented a method for recovering trace chemicals such as environmental pollutants and forensic evidence, uses a portable version of...
Credit: Dr. Atsuhiro Taguchi & Professor Ryuichi Nishinakamura In the embryonic kidney, three types of precursor cells, nephron progenitor cells, ureteric buds, and interstitial progenitor...
A crucial tumor-thwarting gene protects an immune attack against lung cancer by blocking the key to an off switch on T cells, the customized warriors...
IMAGE: Dr. Ganesan Ramesh, Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University. Credit: Augusta University Senior Photographer Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. – Diabetes is the...
Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles A study led by researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles demonstrates what lead investigator Bradley Peterson, MD, calls "a critical...
A report by Dr Kirsty Horsey at the University of Kent has discovered it is a myth that a high proportion of potential parents from...
Credit: Image courtesy of US Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases For the first time, scientists have used Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging to...
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 25, 2016) – Infection with the common human papillomavirus can result in a rare condition that can leave children...
Credit: UIC/Jenny Fontaine While the microbiome has gained significant attention for its impact on digestive health in recent years, its effect on lung disease has...
Trypanosome parasites cause sleeping sickness in Africa. If left untreated, the infection causes coma and eventually death. A study published on July 21st in PLOS...
Credit: Provided by leading author IgorGurov Scientists from ITMO University created a high-speed video capillaroscopy system that enables direct measurement of red blood cell velocity....
Credit: Courtesy of Christina Karns EUGENE, Ore. – Dec. 14, 2017 – Gratitude does more than help maintain good health. New research at the University...
