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Credit: RIKEN Billions of cells in our bodies die every day in an important process called apoptosis. Now, researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute...

Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Sept. 29, 2017–A new study ranking the safety and effectiveness of four drugs taken to enhance concentration, memory,...

Regions of the brain associated with stress and posttraumatic stress disorder. Credit: National Institutes of Health Philadelphia, PA, October 31, 2017 – A new study...

Credit: Geoghegan JL, et al. (2017) On occasion, a virus may jump from one host species to another and adapt to the new host. Such...

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–Consumption of dietary fiber can prevent obesity, metabolic syndrome and adverse changes in the intestine by promoting growth of "good" bacteria...

Credit: Ricardo Carrasco III LOS ANGELES – People with paraplegia due to spinal cord injury may eventually get a chance to suit up, walk out...

Credit: UAHS BioCommunications University of Arizona researchers are launching an international consortium to determine if better regulation of a protein found in lung cells might...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Mycobacterium tuberculosis has been called "the perfect pathogen." These bacteria hijack human macrophages, persist inside the cells to evade immune...

Credit: Yusuke Fujioka, Shinsuke Ishigaki, and Gen Sobue Nagoya, Japan – Frontotemporal lobar degeneration (FTLD) is a type of dementia characterized by personality changes, language...

BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA, and CARDIFF, UK — A special section on Protein Photonics in the Journal of Biomedical Optics celebrates the accomplishments and influence of...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 20, 2017–A public health perspective of the rise in terrorism and violent radicalization points to...

Credit: Mitch Mirkin Researchers say they have found the "first direct biological evidence" of damage in veterans with Gulf War illness to DNA within cellular...

Credit: James McEntee JUPITER, FL – Jan. 22, 2018 – Many doctors, researchers and patients are eager to take advantage of the promise of stem...

Credit: National University of Singapore A research team led by Assistant Professor Shefaly Shorey from the Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies at the National...

Credit: Gen-Sheng Feng, UC San Diego Health Some cancers are caused by loss of enzymes that should keep cell growth in check. On the flip...