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The switch is a protein receptor that responds to the female sex hormone progesterone, which is released by the egg or oocyte, the ultimate goal...

Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Like employees cross-trained for different jobs, scientists have the strongest evidence yet that memory T cells...

IMAGE: Leukemia cells (yellow) are shown dispersed among fat cells (red) and surrounded by supportive cells (blue). Credit: Children's Hospital Los Angeles An interdisciplinary research...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 7, 2017–Researchers have shown that mindfulness therapy had significant positive effects on depression, anxiety, and...

Credit: Kobe University A team of Japanese researchers revealed the mechanism for side effects such as fever and bone pain caused by G-CSF, which is...

Credit: (C) 2017 Healthcare professionals across the Atlantic and around the world need to think beyond single-disease guidelines as they look to provide high-quality, person-centered...

Chicago, 10 November 2105 – Surgical lung resection, in which part of a lung is removed, can be a safe and effective treatment option for...

For the first time, scientists have precisely identified and targeted an area of the brain which is involved in “hearing voices”, experienced by many patients...

Credit: A. Schreiber ANCA-associated vasculitis is a systemic disease, which is characterized by the body's immune system attacking structures present inside white blood cells, thereby...

CHAPEL HILL, NC -UNC School of Medicine's Anne Lyerly is addressing the urgent need for effective HIV prevention and treatment for the estimated 1.5 million...

Credit: David Feinberg/UC Berkeley Functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI, has transformed our view of the brain, allowing researchers to pinpoint areas associated with everything...

An ancient latrine near a desert in north-western China has revealed the first archaeological evidence that travellers along the Silk Road were responsible for the...

Credit: Tilray Amsterdam, The Netherlands, May 24, 2017 – Although cannabis had been used for many centuries for treatment of seizure disorders, medical use became...

Credit: Hospital for Special Surgery TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA – Thomas Wickiewicz, MD will be inducted into the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Hall...

Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (Jan. 24, 2017) – Receptors on the surface of our cells enable a wide variety of functions from our sense...