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Credit: Kenneth McNamara Researchers have described a new species of brittle star, which are closely related to starfish, and showed how these sea creatures evolved...

Based on what is believed to be the largest study of its kind, Allina Health researchers say robotic assisted transhiatal esophagectomy (RATE) is effective and...

A new review published in the European Journal of Cancer Care indicates that, in women diagnosed with cancer, concerns pertaining to sexual health are diverse,...

(Lund University) Researchers compare the gene expression in tumor cells from a kidney cancer patient with cells from healthy tissue to figure out in which...

LUGANO-MADRID, 11 August 2017 - ESMO 2017 is once again the place to be for breaking news on cancer research. ESMO 2017, the annual oncology...

Credit: Images by Mingxing Lei/Cheng-Ming Chuong Lab How does the skin develop follicles and eventually sprout hair? A USC-led study, published in the Proceedings of...

Credit: Kara Manke DURHAM, NC -- Biologically speaking, nearly every species on Earth has two opposite sexes, male and female. But with some fungi and...

Credit: Haiying Liu/Michigan Tech The human body is engaged in a constant tightrope walk to maintain the right pH, because when our cells' acid-alkaline balance...

Washington, DC - August 11, 2017 - Specially designed plastic films can prevent bacterial contamination in the food and biomedical industries, according to research published...

Credit: Luís Graça Lab The team from Instituto de Medicina Molecular Lisboa, led by Luis Graça, analyzed blood samples from Sjögren syndrome patients, an autoimmune...

Credit: Patrick Mansell Eating almonds on a regular basis may help boost levels of HDL cholesterol while simultaneously improving the way it removes cholesterol from...

Credit: UC Riverside School of Medicine. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A biomedical scientist at the University of California, Riverside has received a $1.83 million grant to...

Credit: Albert Einstein College of Medicine August 11, 2017--BRONX, NY--The NIH has awarded Einstein researchers three grants totaling more than $12 million to protect against...

MADISON, Wis. -- Famously, the use of caged birds to alert miners to the invisible dangers of gases such as carbon monoxide gave rise to...

Mutations in the gene encoding the enzyme protein tyrosine phosphatase N2 (PTPN2) have been associated with the development of autoimmune disease including Type 1 diabetes,...