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Credit: Bart van Overbeeke Using sunlight for sustainable and cheap production of, for example, medicines. The 'mini-factory' in the form of a leaf that chemical...

Credit: UofL It is well-established that the community of organisms inside our bodies perform vital roles in digestion, production of critical metabolites, controlling the immune...

April 24, 2018--(BRONX, NY)--Worse cognitive function in soccer players stems mainly from frequent ball heading rather than unintentional head impacts due to collisions, researchers at...

Treating leg ulcers within two weeks by closing faulty veins improves healing by 12 per cent compared to standard treatment, according to new findings. The...

Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have developed a low-cost, portable laboratory on a phone that works nearly as well...

Credit: UEF / Raija Törrönen There are differences in the availability of orphan medicines between different European countries, a new study from the University of...

Osteoimmunology, which deals with the crosstalk and shared mechanisms of the skeletal and immune systems, provides important insights into both systems. A special issue of...

(New York, NY) - April 24, 2018 - The ATS Foundation is pleased to announce its new ATS Foundation/ResMed Research Fellowship in Sleep-disordered Breathing and...

Credit: Dhandapani et al., Nature Communications. Imagine that the movement of a single hair on your arm causes severe pain. For patients with neuropathic pain...

Credit: Valeria Solari, MD, MRCS; Children's Hospital Los Angeles Investigators at the Children's Center for Cancer and Blood Diseases at Children's Hospital Los Angeles provide...

In recognition of National Minority Health Month in April, the National Institutes of Health is hosting its fifth annual Science Day. The event is held...

The number of first-time prescriptions for opioid drugs has not risen since about 2010, according to UCLA researchers. However, patients taking a class of drug...

A study from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem sheds new light on the possible relationship between prolonged use of acetaminophen (paracetamol) during pregnancy and the...

People who feel in control of their lives and who find purpose and meaning in life are less likely to have anxiety disorders even when...

A growing body of evidence indicates that rates of dementia may be declining, in part because older adults' cognitive abilities, such as learning and memory...