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Credit: Credit: Korb et al./ Cell 2017 The protein behind fragile X syndrome acts as a genetic conductor, orchestrating a symphony of genes that help...

Credit: Photograph: Lyn Wadley, University of the Witwatersrand. South Africa is well-known for its hominin fossil record. But this time, results from a study of...

(University of Huddersfield) One strand will focus on the 'particulate lead' that can be found in tap water as a result of corrosion in the...

Credit: ASA, CSSA, SSSA The Nature Conservancy and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America...

Tighter controls on timber and plant movements into Europe are necessary to prevent further disastrous effects of plant diseases, a new study of the ash-dieback...

Bed bugs are huge problem for hotel and homeowners in some of the world's busiest cities Insects finding their way into clothing and luggage is...

A research group at Uppsala University has found out how CRISPR-Cas9 -- also known as 'molecular scissors' -- can search the genome for a specific...

Exactly how asthma begins and progresses remain a mystery, but a team led by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital and the Broad Institute of...

Credit: (Modified from Jang et al, Chem 2017) Speed, uppers, chalk, glass, crystal, or whatever you prefer to call them, can be instantly detected from...

Scientists have found that deadly childhood brain tumours are actually 10 different diseases that should each be diagnosed and treated based on their specific genetic...

Credit: (C) InSysBio Moscow, Russia, September 28, 2017 - One must activate amyloid degradation as soon as possible to prevent the appearance of the protein...

Intrapartum fever -- fever that occurs during labor -- occurs in approximately 1-2% of deliveries and is often associated with maternal and neonatal complications. But...

Credit: Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics The first symptom of Parkinson's disease is often an impaired sense of smell. This neurodegenerative disease primarily causes...

New research by investigators at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Rockefeller University helps address a longstanding question about the inflammatory skin condition psoriasis: Why do...

Credit: Erin Lavik, Sc.D. A proposal to create a living model of the human retina, the light-sensitive tissue at the back of the eye, won...