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University of Pennsylvania engineers have developed a rapid, low-cost genetic test for the Zika virus. The $2 testing device, about the size of a soda...

Credit: Regenstrief Institute INDIANAPOLIS – Researchers from the Indiana University Center for Aging Research and the Regenstrief Institute are developing and testing the nation's first...

Sophia Antipolis April 26,2017. The impact of overtraining on the heart is set to be discussed at Europe's leading cardiovascular magnetic resonance meeting, to be...

Credit: EDM International Despite efforts to retrofit power poles and to build new poles to avian-friendly standards, electrocution remains a substantial cause of death for...

Credit: Source: Mikhail Panteleev Platelets are small anucleated blood cells responsible for stopping bleeding. They detect blood vessel damage and agglutinate, creating aggregates and stopping...

Credit: The John Innes Centre Dr Diane Saunders an early career scientist at the John Innes Centre (JIC) in partnership with the Earlham Institute has...

Credit: CHEST GLENVIEW, IL, June 26, 2017 – Sepsis presents a major challenge for health care providers, especially in low-income countries where the mortality rate...

Credit: National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health BOSTON – The field of immunotherapy – the harnessing of patients' own immune systems to fend off...

Irvine, Calif., April 15, 2016 — Using cutting-edge imaging technology, University of California, Irvine biologists have determined that uncontrolled fluctuations (known at "noise) in the...

Credit: Esben Horn/10 Tons New Haven, Conn. – Reach back far enough in the family tree of a snail or a clam and you'll find...

Credit: Collins lab, UC Davis Assistant Professor Sean Collins, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the UC Davis College of Biological Sciences, has received...

Credit: UHN Toronto – Researchers at Toronto Western Hospital's Canadian Concussion Centre (CCC) have discovered the presence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in the brain...

Credit: Griffin et al. / Cell Host & Microbe Your microbiota may not be on your side as you try improving your diet this New...

HOUSTON – (Nov. 6, 2015) – Negative body image significantly increases the risk of obesity regardless of whether youth have depression, according to researchers at...

LA JOLLA–The brains of some people with autism spectrum disorder grow faster than usual early on in life, often before diagnosis. A new study co-led...