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Credit: Artwork by Sylvie Shaffer of the Wistar Institute. Immune cells called "killer cells" target bacteria invading the body's cells, but how do they do...

Credit: Dan Wang, Beijing University of Chemical Technology WASHINGTON — Spectral images, which contain more color information than is obtainable with a typical camera, reveal...

Credit: Fraunhofer MEVIS Researchers wish to treat tumors more effectively in the future by combining radiation therapy and focused ultrasound. The joint project SONO-RAY began...

Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians WASHINGTON — The range of options for medicating emergency patients intranasally has greatly expanded in recent years and can...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 11, 2016) – The best way to help young people with neurodevelopmental disorders like autism and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder...

Credit: Jason Drees: Biodesign Institute Once inside the human body, infectious microbes like Salmonella face a fluid situation. They live in a watery world, surrounded...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 19, 2017–A new study of more than 2,000 perimenopausal and menopausal women showed that moderate-severe...

Credit: NIAID In June 2012, a 60 year-old man with flu-like symptoms walked into a private hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Two weeks later, he...

Credit: Children's National Health System Losing weight appears to reset the chemical messages that fat cells send to other parts of the body that otherwise...

Credit: Tatiana Borisova RUDN University chemists synthesized new isoquinoline derivatives. Due to their biological activity, these compounds may be applicable in new drugs, from antispasmodics...

Credit: Indiana University Center for Aging Research INDIANAPOLIS — The initial phase of OPTIMISTIC, an innovative program developed and implemented by clinician-researchers from the Indiana...

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...

SALT LAKE CITY– Aspirin has been shown to decrease the risk of colorectal cancer and possibly other cancers. However, the risk of side effects, including...

Credit: WCM Menopause causes metabolic changes in the brain that may increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, a team from Weill Cornell Medicine and the...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Pharmaceutical interventions are routinely prescribed to help people quit smoking. However, a new study by University of California San Diego...