GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 18, 2015)–The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (OCRF) yesterday announced that Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) Assistant Professor Hui Shen, Ph.D., has...
Credit: By G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. – A team of Michigan State University scientists has genetically sequenced two species of poisonous mushrooms, discovering that...
EUGENE, Ore. — May 5, 2016 — A cell-to-cell signaling network that serves as a developmental timer could provide a framework for better understanding the...
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Efforts to treat myotonic dystrophy type 1, the most common form of muscular dystrophy, are in their infancy. In a new study,...
Credit: Dr. Vladimir Yurkov A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology has identified new toxic metalloid-reducing bacteria in highly polluted abandoned gold...
SCIENTISTS have demonstrated for the first time the 'perfect storm' of conditions that cells need to start forming cancer, helping to explain why some organs...
Credit: Jessica Mark Welch and Yuko Hasegawa, MBL WOODS HOLE, Mass.– Disruptions in the microbiome of the human gut are correlated with several diseases, including...
Credit: NIAID The investigational Zika purified inactivated virus (ZPIV) vaccine was well-tolerated and induced an immune response in participants, according to initial results from three...
Credit: iStock photo WASHINGTON (April 28, 2017)–A new study examining the muscular system of bonobos provides firsthand evidence that the rare great ape species may...
Mothers of children with autism and were diagnosed with metabolic conditions during pregnancy, particularly gestational and type 2 diabetes, were more likely to have anti-fetal...
Credit: Journal of the American Osteopathic Association CHICAGO–January 11, 2018–Physicians determining treatment options following abnormal Pap smears now have another factor to consider: the patien..
Credit: Kevin Walsh In a study including 150 military veterans with chronic low back pain, researcher Dr. Erik J. Groessl and his team from the...
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA–Salk Institute President Elizabeth Blackburn–the Institute's first female president and one of only 12 women to have won a Nobel Prize...
Credit: Bernhard Huber The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert citizen scientists proves the urgent...
Kansas City, MO. — Many living creatures possess exceptional abilities that set them apart from other species. Cheetahs can run up to 60 miles per...
