The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine announced that it has received a $165,000 commitment from Pfizer to provide funding for education and training...
Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sometimes referred to as myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), a mysterious, debilitating and misunderstoo..
Credit: Melissa Fabrizio, University of Alberta (Edmonton, AB) Every day tens of thousands of Canadians unwillingly find themselves becoming shadows of their former selves. They...
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peter Barta The quest to understand a prolonged infection in an infant being treated for leukemia has led...
People who have reduced enzyme activity to breakdown active aldehyde, i.e., those who become easily inebriated, are more likely to develop fatty liver disease even...
How does memory occur? And what about movement, or thinking? One key element to understand all these brain functions are the synapses. A synapse is...
While Climate change steadily takes its toll, promising to raise temperatures around the world by at least 1.5 °C within the next 100 years, organisms...
A new Government-backed code which could slash UK carbon dioxide emissions by 220 million tonnes and protect rare wildlife by restoring moors, bogs and mires...
Credit: © C. Hobbs/VIMS. If you've visited North Carolina's Outer Banks or other barrier islands, you've likely experienced their split personalities–places where high waves can...
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Listeriosis is a disease caused by eating foods that have been contaminated by the Listeria monocytogenes bacterium. It is an infrequent...
Credit: David Levy Using a technique that avoids the use of high-dose chemotherapy and radiation in preparation for a stem cell transplant, physicians at the...
Credit: Rudi Delvaux (http://www.rudidelvaux.com/borneoenglish.html) How did Borneo get its elephant? This could be just another of Rudyard Kipling's just so stories. The Bornean elephant is...
Researchers at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg and partners in Constance, Munich and Bochum are studying the causes...
For the third consecutive year, Rush Oak Park Hospital has been recognized as a “Leader in LGBT Healthcare Equality” in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI),...
A new study indicates that a meat-rich diet may increase the risk of developing kidney cancer through mechanisms related to particular cooking compounds. Also, these...
