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Boston, Mass. -- Drug-releasing devices that reside in the stomach for extended periods of time make it easier for patients to receive their full course...

Credit: Image courtesy of Benjamin Winer and Alexander Ploss, Princeton University Department of Molecular Biology Scientists from Princeton University's Department of Molecular Biology have s..

CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Around half of all medications for chronic diseases are not taken as prescribed, costing the U.S. health care system more than $100...

Credit: University of Edinburgh Fresh insights into how zebrafish repair their nerve connections could hold clues to new therapies for people with spinal cord injuries....

Scientists developing promising new antibiotics in India, Ireland, France, Switzerland, the US and UK are to share up to US$17.6m to speed treatments for the...

Credit: David O'Carroll, Lund University New research from Australia and Sweden has shown how a dragonfly's brain anticipates the movement of its prey, enabling it...

From an early age, children are very skilled in imitating the actions of others and are so motivated to do so that they will even...

Almost 1.2 million violent crimes - homicide, sexual assault, assault, and robbery - were committed in the United States in 2015, according to the U.S....

Credit: Mission X: Train Like an Astronaut Mission X: Train like an Astronaut, since its inception in 2011, has morphed into an international collaboration of...

Credit: Magdalena Steinrück Genes do not exist in isolation. Like beads on a string, they sit next to each other on long DNA molecules called...

St. Paul, Minn. (July 2017)--While beneficial microbes are becoming a more common tool in agriculture, their effectiveness in the field is severely blunted thanks to...

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Glioblastoma is a primary brain tumor with dismal survival rates, even after treatment with surgery, chemotherapy and radiation. A small...

Credit: NYU Langone Health Aging black men are at much greater risk of dying prematurely of colorectal cancer than any other group in the United...

Credit: Vanderbilt University Powerful molecules can hitch rides on a plentiful human protein and signal tumors to self-destruct, a team of Vanderbilt University engineers found....

PHILADELPHIA -- (July 24, 2017) -- A potential new therapeutic strategy for a difficult-to-treat form of ovarian cancer has been discovered by Wistar scientists. The...