Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — Scientists have known for decades that drastically restricting certain nutrients without causing malnutrition prolongs health and lifespan...
Scientists have identified a hotspot for autism-related mutations in a single gene. By studying data from thousands of genomes of people with autism-spectrum disorders, an...
Humans may have reached their maximum limits for height, lifespan and physical performance. A recent review suggests humans have biological limitations, and that anthropogenic impacts...
It is estimated that 46.8 million people worldwide are living with dementia, with Alzheimer's disease the most common form. Now researchers from the University of...
Credit: HHMI The HHMI investigators are among 70 regular NAM members and 10 international members announced October 16; all have been selected via a process...
Credit: ©Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 16, 2016–A new study found significant changes in white matter pathways in the brains of...
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Sales of the essential oil copaiba are increasing, at least in part, because more than 54 million Americans suffer from some...
IMAGE: Meenhard Herlyn, D.V.M., D.Sc., is director of the Melanoma Research Center at The Wistar Institute. Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA–(Jan. 7, 2016) — Melanoma...
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart failure patients discharged from the hospital with a reduced level of a common hormone produced by the heart had significantly...
Credit: MIPT Press Office Researchers from the Vavilov Institute of General Genetics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VIGG) and the Moscow Institute of Physics...
Barcelona, Spain – 29 Aug 2017: Anacetrapib, an inhibitor of cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP) activity, lowers the risk of heart attack and related cardiovascular...
Iron nanoparticles injected before magnetic resonance imaging can make tissues more visible and the same nanoparticles may allow doctors to precisely target tumors with new...
Credit: Jim Schwob and Brian Lin in Cell Stem Cell BOSTON (December 4, 2017)–Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine, led by Dr. James E....
Credit: Photo by Jeff Miller/UW-Madison MADISON, Wis. — University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers studying monkeys have shown that one infection with Zika virus protects against future...
Credit: University of Liverpool Researchers from the University of Liverpool have conducted a study of Ebola survivors to determine if the virus has any specific...
