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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...

Credit: USU/Matt Jensen LOGAN, UTAH — Utah State University Professor of Biological Engineering Dr. Ron Sims was elected this week to the College of Fellows...

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...