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An international team of scientists, which includes the University of Bristol, have made a significant breakthrough in how we understand the first three-quarters of life...

Credit: OIST What do ballet and cell biology have in common? Perhaps more than you might think. Every cell in your body is enclosed by...

Credit: Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., and LOS ANGELES (April 2, 2018) -- A team led by scientists at Van Andel Research Institute...

April 2, 2018 -- In the first study to directly examine the relationship between environment and individual's ability to control their diabetes, researchers at Columbia...

Credit: University of Toronto Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and the fifth leading cause of death from cancer in men...

Credit: NASA/ Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team It's become a deadly autumn tradition in northern India: after the rains of the late summer monsoon...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - The Digital Life team at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, creators of an online catalog of high-resolution, full-color 3D...

Credit: Jason Richards/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy Biology--Lurking mouth microbes An Oak Ridge National Laboratory-led team cultivated a novel oral microbe, Desulfobulbus...

Credit: Image: UNSW In a landmark study that could lead to new therapies for sickle cell anaemia and other blood disorders, UNSW Sydney-led researchers have...

A team of computational biologists has developed an algorithm that can 'align' multiple sequencing datasets with single-cell resolution. The new method, published today in the...

Bottom Line: Two studies examine the relationship between legal cannabis use and opioid prescriptions. One study examines state implementation of medical and adult-use marijuana laws...

Bottom Line: The use of acid-suppressing medications or antibiotics in the first 6 months of infancy was associated with an increased risk for the subsequent...

Bottom Line: Men outnumbered women at all faculty levels in top-ranked academic neurology programs, findings that are consistent with previous studies of both neurology and...

Boston, MA - Cells comprising a tissue can pack into disorderly geometries much as do grains of sand in a sandcastle. In doing so they...

Credit: Jose Gascon/UConn Invariant natural killer T (iNKT) cells are powerful weapons our body's immune systems count on to fight infection and combat diseases like...