Credit: Indiana University Bloomington While positive attitudes toward gay men and lesbians have increased over recent decades, a new study led by researchers at IU's...
Since the completion of the human genome an important goal has been to elucidate the function of the now known proteins: a new molecular method...
Credit: Wolfgang Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC – Cystic fibrosis (CF) shortens life by making the lungs prone to repeated bacterial infections...
Researchers at Osaka University, Japan uncovered the mechanisms that suppress the propagation of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with the potential of improving pathological liver...
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) LOS ANGELES (Sept. 21, 2017) — For years, medical investigators have tried and failed to develop...
For years, scientists have struggled to find a way to block a protein known to play an important role in many cancers. The protein, STAT3,...
Credit: ATS Aug. 8, 2017 — The opioid crisis in the United States is resulting in increased admissions to hospital intensive care units and in...
The toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense, is a photosynthetic plankton–a microscopic organism floating in the ocean, unable to swim against a current. New research by scientists...
Credit: © Manuel Irimia, CRG. A molecular switch that flips between different versions of genes could be crucial for maintaining stem cells across all animals...
IMAGE: Concentric rings in a fruit fly larva's antenna result from a set of genetic control "switches " that interact early in a fly's development...
Credit: Loyola Medicine Loyola Medicine radiation oncologist Edward Melian, MD, has received the Chicago Radiological Society's 2017 Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor the society...
Credit: Kevin Jiang for the University of Chicago Medicine A new, minimally invasive procedure appears to be effective for many patients with Fuchs endothelial dystrophy...
Credit: Fangyuan Hua Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study by researchers from the World...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Proteins and drugs are often attached to lipids to promote crystallization or ensure delivery to targeted...
Escherichia coli (E. coli) are bacteria that live all around and inside of us. Most E. coli are harmless, but some strains can cause illness,...
