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The research team - led by the University of Leeds - has found that a protein called Piezo1 in the lining of blood vessels is...

Credit: Kristen Cusato La Jolla, Calif., August 24, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have developed a proof-of-concept nanosystem that...

Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State It cannot run away from the fly that does it so much damage, but tall goldenrod can protect itself by...

Credit: Anni Hämäläinen Female squirrels who align their reproduction to take advantage of food-rich years and align have more pups that survive to maturity, according...

According to a new study, by the University of Leeds and Cardiff University, the conservation of threatened species has much to gain from acknowledging people's...

Credit: Lee T. Aalders Tiny creatures in soil that attack plants have shown the ability to survive for at least three years stored in dry...

Credit: NASA You may think you're just an average Joe, but according to your metabolomics data your body is percolating some expressive information about your...

Scientists have found a compound that helped a tumor-targeting virus kill liver cancer more effectively while sparing healthy cells, which could someday translate to a...

PHILADELPHIA -- (Aug. 23, 2017) -- The Wistar Institute is pleased to announce that distinguished scientist Dario C. Altieri, M.D., Wistar president and CEO and...

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is the primary cause of cervical cancer and a subset of head and neck...

Credit: University of Utah College of Engineering It's estimated that about 788,000 people worldwide died of liver cancer in 2015, the second-leading cause of cancer...

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is a common epithelial squamous cell head and neck cancer which is strongly associated with gamma herpes Epstein-Barr virus infection and the...

A new international research project, involving the University of Liverpool's leading eye cancer research group, has identified specific subtypes of ocular melanoma that will help...

The development of DNA sensor systems is of great importance for advances in medical science. Now another piece of the puzzle for the development of...

In cancer therapy, the prevention of tumour spread is one of the greatest challenges. Cancer cells are able to change their micro- environment physico-chemically and...