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In recent years, over 3% of births per year in developed countries have corresponded to children conceived through assisted reproduction techniques, which poses a considerable...

A new study, which followed 180 pre-term infants from birth to age seven, found that babies who were fed more breast milk within the first...

Credit: Heather F. Smith, Ph.D., Midwestern University Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (nTOS) is a common neurologic syndrome resulting in pain, numbness, and/or weakness in the...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 31, 2017–Researchers studying the mechanism of action of the natural, plant-derived compound berberine have linked...

Credit: Alexandre Paix Johns Hopkins scientists have developed a streamlined method and accompanying efficiency "rules" for introducing new DNA sequences into cells after using the...

Credit: MODIS/NASA In 1870, explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, trekking across the barren and remote ice cap of Greenland, saw something most people wouldn't expect in...

IMAGE: MSU plant biologist Maren Friesen asks: Why do scientists chase unicorns? Credit: G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. – Scientists chase unicorns because if they...

Credit: Osaka University In March 2017, the Cardiovascular Surgery Group at Osaka University successfully implanted a left ventricular assist device with an internal power cable...

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 27, 2017) – Patients diagnosed with the most common form of leukemia who also have...

Credit: Chengfeng Merriman and Dax Fu/Johns Hopkins Medicine Gene variants associated with disease are typically considered faulty; problems arise when the proteins they make don't...

Credit: Courtesy of Dinesh Kumar and Ms. Poonam Zham of the 'Affordable diagnostics' group in RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia Researchers in Australia asked volunteers to...

The bottle brush, with its long stalk and dense spray of plastic bristles, is the unsung hero of kitchens everywhere, fitting through the narrow necks...

Heart failure is a common endpoint for many cardiovascular diseases. This syndrome is characterized by reduced cardiac output that leads to dyspnea, exercise intolerance and...

This news release is available in German. Stem cells have two important capabilities: they can develop into a wide range of cell types and simultaneously...

Credit: The University of Gothenburg Obesity surgery has proven to be just as effective for teenagers as for adults. Five years on, those who underwent...