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Credit: Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics at The Rockefeller University/Blood As the average age of Americans increases, so too does the problem of Alzheimer's, one...

Credit: frenta / Masterfile 37 million people around the world today live with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which is responsible for roughly 1.1 million deaths...

FORT PIERCE, FL – The citrus disease huanglongbing (HLB) is endemic in Florida, where it is estimated that more than 80% of citrus trees are...

Ulaanbataar, Mongolia (July 7, 2016) – A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) says that breeding populations of white-naped cranes have decreased by 60...

ITHACA, NY– Jim Giovannoni, Boyce Thompson Institute professor, USDA scientist and Cornell University adjunct professor of plant biology, has been elected to the National Academy...

Credit: Cancer Research Two different proteins work separately as well as synergistically to feed a small pool of stem cells that help bladder cancer resist...

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, launched a major initiative to advance novel approaches to...

A multidisciplinary team from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston is the first in the world to genetically engineer a clone of the...

Credit: Alberta Innovates (Edmonton, AB.) Sometimes we see only the best in our kids — even when a potential health risk is physically apparent. An...

RMIT University researchers have developed artificial microflowers that self-assemble in water and mimic the natural blooming process, an important step for advances in frontier-edge electronics....

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Deep within your DNA, a tiny parasite lurks, waiting to pounce from its perch and land in the middle of an...

Credit: University of Delaware 'Tis the holiday season and it seems homes are festively trimmed at every turn. Ornaments of all shapes and sizes embellish...

Credit: MPI CBS Roughly, one in a hundred adults has problems with speaking fluently. Not much is known about the causes of persistent developmental stuttering,...

Credit: Image courtesy of Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University. After decades of relative neglect, star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes are finally getting their due. To...

Credit: Tricare ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A health care reform idea originated by University of Michigan faculty will get a major test among members of...