Hormonal fluctuations women undergo make them particularly sensitive, compared to men, to the addictive properties of cocaine, according to a study conducted at the Icahn...
Washington, DC - January 10, 2017 - A new study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, shows the molecular machinery that...
Credit: University of Waterloo Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario's Grand River led to a 70 per cent drop in fish that have...
WASHINGTON - Although individual anglers - people who fish recreationally - generally take small numbers of fish, collectively, a large number of them can have...
Targeting a specific DNA-repairing protein in the brain could be an effective way to treat the most aggressive type of brain tumour, a study suggests....
Cell Reports publication highlights dual role of Gas6-AXL during ZIKA infection: promoting viral entry of glial cells in the developing brain and modulating innate immune...
Credit: McMaster University Sedentary older adults with no genetic risk factors for dementia may be just as likely to develop the disease as those who...
Researchers from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and the University of Adelaide have found a way to provide mothers and young children...
Credit: Gebhard Bieg MADISON, Wis. - Eight hundred years ago, in a hardscrabble farming community on the outskirts of what was once one of the...
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU Photo You do it. Your mom, dad, siblings and friends probably do too. World leaders and entertainers do it -- though some...
(BOSTON) - Federal research agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, tout postdoctoral positions as valuable for those pursuing for...
Flies with a history of eating a high sugar diet live shorter lives, even after their diet improves. This is because the unhealthy diet drives...
Credit: Jen Beshel, Zhong Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Why do people become obese? Poor dietary choices and overeating seem like clear causes,...
Credit: © Dr. Gregor Hagelüken/Uni Bonn Many pathogens use certain sugar compounds from their host to help conceal themselves against the immune system. Scientists at...
A Retro94-based compound may prevent a common and sometimes fatal virus -- human cytomegalovirus (CMV) -- from reproducing and help to protect immunocompromised patients, such...
