Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have collaborated with physicians and medical geneticists around the...
Credit: Western University May 1, 2017 Stroke prevention among older Ontarians may also reduce risk of some dementias Ontario's stroke prevention strategy appears to have...
Credit: Hong Kong Baptist University The School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) of Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) recently conducted a "Tianjiu therapy for allergic rhinitis:...
Credit: Image courtesy Vijay Reddy LA JOLLA, CA – May 11, 2017 – In their quest to replicate themselves, viruses have gotten awfully good at...
Credit: Emily C. Lynch, Project Papio, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey For many female mammals, mothers and maternal sisters dominate all aspects of...
Credit: Amber Engle Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety, quality and possibly even preference,...
Credit: Valeria Boron A University of Kent study has suggested that rural areas can provide for both people and wildlife in biodiversity-rich tropical countries such...
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware When a student in a University of Delaware study watched a video of someone else's hand being touched, she felt...
Credit: UA College of Medicine – Phoenix Amelia Gallitano, MD, PhD, a physician-scientist at the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix, has received...
A protein known for helping cells withstand stress may also act as a switch that triggers free-swimming Schistosoma larvae to begin penetrating the skin and...
IMAGE: This image shows tissue infected by Listeria (bacteria appear in red). Credit: YH Tsai, M Lecuit, © Institut Pasteur. This news release is available...
LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells called microglia–unique. In the process,...
Credit: Nicole Hoff Survivors of the first known Ebola outbreak, which occurred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1976, may be key to...
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. – Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for some shorebirds to reach breeding...
Credit: Greenpeace DURHAM, N.C. — China's plan to ramp up production of new chemicals and synthetic fuels made from coal could derail recent efforts to...
