Neuroscientists are currently working diligently to understand the dynamics of thousands of coupled neurons. Understanding how they operate requires accurate models. The trouble is that...
Credit: International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer Vienna, Austria--December 4, 2016--Global lung cancer researchers and patient advocates today emphasized that new models of...
Credit: Oral Health CRC University of Melbourne A world-first vaccine developed by Melbourne scientists, which could eliminate or at least reduce the need for surgery...
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Plant biologists at ITbM, Nagoya University have developed a genome editing method to knockout target genes in a model plant with...
The recent legalization of recreational marijuana (cannabis) use in California, Colorado, and Washington reflect the sweeping changes in the attitudes and perceptions towards marijuana use...
SAN DIEGO, CA - Despite an elevated risk of toxicity from chemotherapy, children with Down syndrome and acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) did not experience higher...
The fact that many young women do not pursue a career in the 'STEM' fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics may have its roots...
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science A promising new combination therapy for a particularly aggressive form of breast cancer has been identified by Weizmann Institute scientists,...
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum A research team at the University of Basel's Biozentrum has investigated the expression of ribosomal proteins in a wide range...
Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia A highly innovative, personalized cell-based treatment for a high-risk form of the most common childhood cancer continues to move through...
Credit: Courtesy of WCS NEW YORK (November 30, 2016) --A study of complex coral reef ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean found that one species...
Credit: Barqa Landscape Project/University of Waterloo. Industrial pollution may seem like a modern phenomenon, but in fact, an international team of researchers may have discovered...
Cortisol is a life sustaining adrenal hormone essential to maintaining the natural balance of the body. It is often referred to as "the stress hormone,"...
Credit: Nature Following a successful diet, many people are dismayed to find their weight rebounding - an all-too-common phenomenon termed "recurrent" or "yo-yo" obesity. Worse...
Stephen J. Elledge, the Gregor Mendel Professor of Genetics at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, has been named a 2017 recipient of...
