Credit: VIIBRE, Vanderbilt University An interdisciplinary team of Vanderbilt University researchers has received a two-year, $2-million federal grant to develop an "organ-on-chip" model for two...
A new study from The Ottawa Hospital and the University of Ottawa is poised to completely change our understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy and pave...
Credit: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ethnic restaurants like to brag about how "authentic" they are. But when it comes to the language on...
Women's cognitive functioning past middle age may be affected by the degree of gender equality in the country they live in, according to new findings...
Building on wireless technology that has the potential to interfere with pain, scientists have developed flexible, implantable devices that can activate — and, in theory,...
Credit: New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife LOGAN, UTAH, USA – Is there room for black bears in human-dominated New Jersey? According to Utah...
Credit: Wits University Scientists from the Wits School of Public Health, the Africa Health Research Institute (AHRI) in Kwa-Zulu Natal and the University of Limpopo...
When we exercise, our body's oxidation of fat and carbohydrates depends on the intensity and duration of the activity. A new study analyses the effect...
Credit: Autism Speaks Autism Speaks today released its Strategic Plan for Science 2018-2020, with emphasis on the organization's mission to enhance lives today and accelerate...
Credit: UBC Public Affairs / Claire Tugault-Lafleur Canadian children don't eat enough vegetables, fruit and dairy products during school hours, causing them to fall short...
Credit: Centre for Molecular Biology It has been proposed that somatic gene variations (SNV) present in few brain cells could facilitate the development of neurodegenerative...
Credit: Jeff Glasgow/Ariel Hecht/Kelly Irvine/NIST For decades, scientists working with genetic material have labored with a few basic rules in mind. To start, DNA is...
Credit: N. Zhao Birds benefit from flocking together — even when they're not of a feather. According to a new study in The Auk: Ornithological...
Credit: Ernesto Del Aguila, NHGRI The National Institutes of Health plans to expand its Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) Project, a genomics resource used by...
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2017–For many people living with HIV, the stigma associated with their illness is itself a health...
