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Credit: Dr. Chun Wai Mai et al, Bentham Science Publishers Legumain (LGMN), or asparaginyl endopeptidase, is a newly identified lysosomal cysteine protease. It was recently...

Philadelphia, PA, January 2, 2017 - Biological Psychiatry presents a special issue, "The Dopamine Hypothesis of Schizophrenia", dedicated to recent advances in understanding the role...

Most ophthalmic diseases are usually treated with topically administered drug formulations (e.g. eye drops). Their main disadvantage is the short time of contact with the...

Annapolis, MD; Dec. 22, 2016---Is the United States at risk for a large-scale outbreak of Zika or other mosquito-borne disease? While climate conditions in the...

If losing weight is on your list of New Year resolutions, be sure to include both diet and exercise. New research published today in Applied...

Credit: Peter Schmidt, M.D., NIMH., David Goldman, M.D., NIAAA National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have discovered molecular mechanisms that may underlie a woman's susceptibility...

The researchers studied the genetic overlap between the risk of having these psychiatric disorders and measures of social communicative competence - the ability to socially...

Oakland, CA (January 3, 2017) - A new study by researchers from the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Research Institute (CHORI) shows that a modest 4...

Credit: © AMNH/M. Ellison New research on the teeth of fossilized dinosaur embryos indicates that the eggs of non-avian dinosaurs took a long time to...

Credit: George Washington University WASHINGTON (Jan. 2, 2017)--A new study from the George Washington University's Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology (CASHP) found...

Credit: Courtesy of Darla Zelinitsky TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A human typically gives birth after nine months. An ostrich hatchling emerges from its egg after 42...

Until it burst onto the scene earlier this year, Zika was an obscure, little-known virus. As a result, scientists know little about how it works....

Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center have developed a new imaging technique that could revolutionize how eye health and disease are assessed. The...

SAN FRANCISCO, California - Jan. 2, 2017 - The International Neuromodulation Society (INS) journal Neuromodulation: Technology at the Neural Interface is publishing expert, evidence-based guidance...

Credit: Greta Keenan The amount of energy generated by renewables fluctuates depending on the natural variability of resources at any given time. The sun isn't...