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Trained dogs are around the fMRI scanner. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the Sept. 2, 2016, issue of Science, published by...

New details learned about a key cellular protein could lead to treatments for neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's, Huntington's, Alzheimer's, and amyotrophic lateral scleros..

New York - The world's fastest land animal, the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), is sprinting towards the edge of extinction and could soon be lost forever...

At a glance, you can recognize a friend's face whether they are happy or sad or even if you haven't seen them in a decade....

Toxic algae blooms in lakes and reservoirs are highly destructive, resulting in fish kills and toxicity risks to wildlife, livestock -- and even humans. But...

Credit: Silklab, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (December 26, 2016) -- Tufts University engineers have created a new format...

Cimaglermin, a new experimental drug, may help restore cardiac function after heart failure, according to a first-in-man study published today in JACC: Basic to Translational...

ANN ARBOR -- Researchers at the University of Michigan have had initial success in mice using nanodiscs to deliver a customized therapeutic vaccine for the...

Tens of millions of ash trees across Europe are dying from the Hymenoscyphus fraxinea fungus - the most visible signs that a tree is infected...

DURHAM, N.C. - Duke Health researchers have identified a drug-like small molecule that, in animal experiments, appears to be an effective treatment for a genetic...

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine HOUSTON - (Dec. 26, 2016) - Scientists have discovered that networks of inhibitory brain cells or neurons develop through a...

Drugs capable of activating silenced genes improve survival and growth outcomes in a mouse model of Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), a rare and incurable childhood disease,...

Cancer cells spread to other sites in the body through promoting the growth of new 'roads' to travel on. In a study to be published...

Credit: University of York Researchers at the University of York have identified genetic markers for disease tolerance that suggest UK ash trees may have a...

Ash trees which can resist the killer dieback fungus may be more vulnerable to attacks by insects, according to new research. Scientists from the universities...