WASHINGTON (May 25, 2017) -- Disruptions in a protein folding process occurring in the brain, known as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress, may cause non-alcoholic fatty...
Credit: Rosenblum lab/UCSF In experiments in mice, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that regulatory T cells (Tregs; pronounced "tee-regs"), a type of immune cell...
Credit: L. Duka. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A team of researchers, led by a plant cell biologist at the University of California, Riverside, has for the...
Credit: © Andrey Atuchin, 2017 A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the 'age of dinosaur') has been found in...
Around 1% of patients with HIV - known as elite controllers - are able to survive without antiviral treatment, because their immune systems produce certain...
Credit: McKay Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC - Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time multiply and mature into many...
Loading video... Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan State University research is the first to help a professional race car driver...
Researchers at the University of Iowa have discovered that a molecule which can sense the swelling of fat cells also controls a signaling pathway that...
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The 22q11.2 region of human chromosome 22 is a hotspot for a variety of birth defects. Scientists learned about this...
Credit: Kyle Hawes, UBC Okanagan A recent study from UBC's Okanagan campus identifies new genetic markers in sockeye salmon that can help improve management of...
What happens in the brain when we see other people experiencing a trauma or being subjected to pain? Well, the same regions that are involved...
Credit: © 2017 Jasmeen Merzaban The protein tags that adorn immune cells and engage with receptors to promote inflammation in the body's endothelial tissues are...
(Boston)--A new study has uncovered a molecular mechanism in the prion protein, a protein responsible for neurodegenerative diseases, which may explain why nerve cells degenerate...
Credit: Michigan Medicine Researchers are working to determine why the aortic valve doesn't form correctly in patients with the most common congenital heart defect: bicuspid...
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (May 25, 2017) - For patients with advanced cancer, aggressive care -- chemotherapy, mechanical ventilation, acute hospitalizations and intensive care unit...
