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Credit: Brian Gratwicke As human diseases become alarmingly antibiotic resistant, identification of new pharmaceuticals is critical. The cane toad and other members of the Bufonidae...

Credit: Press photo Scientists of Institute of Physics, Nanotechnology and Telecommunications of Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University (SPbPU) in collaboration with University of...

Credit: Henry H.Q. Heng , Bentham Science Publishers Various -omics studies have unexpectedly highlighted the importance of molecular cytogenetics and cytogenomics when synthesizing molecular data....

In shampoo ads, hair always looks like a shiny, smooth surface. But for physicists peering into microscopes, the hair surface looks much more rugged, as...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Women over 50 who have been treated for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are more likely to be alive ten years later...

Scientists have discovered a key 'survival gene' that prevents strains of tuberculosis (TB) from mutating into drug-resistant 'superbugs'. In a joint study, published today, Frid..

Credit: University of British Columbia Biochemical reactions that cause Alzheimer's disease could begin in the womb or just after birth if the fetus or newborn...

Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Treating head and neck cancer patients with a twice-daily radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy could save more lives, according to new research...

Loading video... Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Jan. 27, 2017) - Scientists from Tufts University's School of Arts and Sciences, the Allen Discovery Center at...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, has concluded that...

WASHINGTON, DC - The American Geophysical Union (AGU) wrote to federal agency heads on January 26, expressing concern over recent reports about violations of scientific...

A large-scale, population based study led by Dr. Laurent Azoulay, Senior Investigator with the Lady Davis Institute at the Jewish General Hospital, has concluded that...

Credit: Vavourakis et al. Mechanical pressure caused by cancer growth plays a key role in the development and distribution of blood vessels in tumors, according...

The stem cells that proliferate the most in response to damage caused by cigarette smoke repair their DNA using a process prone to errors, setting...

Credit: Rossi et al. Researchers have shown that looking at movements of operators and vehicles between farms in the same way we look at contacts...