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Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University/PNAS Cocaine is one of the most addictive substances known to man, and for good...

Credit: Richner and Himansu et al./Cell 2017 Vaccine developers have successfully protected mice against Zika by injecting synthetic messenger RNA that encodes for virus proteins...

Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI – Immune diseases like multiple sclerosis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis unleash destructive waves of inflammation on the body, causing death or ..

Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University In an ideal world, the newest and most effective drugs for chronic inflammatory conditions would immediately help everyone who took...

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A trio of recent reports has shed new light on U.S. health, with mixed results on obesity, smoking, and blood pressure. Data on obesity show...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 3, 2017-A large randomized controlled, pragmatic trial involving 1445 patients with allergic asthma found that...

Credit: The Science Bridge Ask professors Izumi Fukunaga and Bernd Kuhn about the birth of a new international collaboration between neuroscientists and they will tell...

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, U.S.A. (Nov. 2, 2015) — After breast cancer surgery, women are prescribed adjuvant (or follow-up) therapies such as chemotherapy and endocrine drugs...

Credit: Photo by Julie Rushmore An extensive review of research on wild primate social networks and parasites underscores the importance of super-spreaders, or central individuals...

Credit: UC San Diego Health Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine, with collaborators across the nation, have determined that magnetic resonance...

Time and again we've been told: Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. This refrain has proven particularly truthful for people who are...

Credit: John Soares BOSTON – (May 1, 2017) – Over the decades, scientists have repeatedly shown that patients with increased levels of the hormone insulin...

Credit: ATS Feb. 3, 2017 — Preterm babies given the monoclonal antibody palivizumab to prevent respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) also appear less likely to develop...

Credit: University of Nottingham A new smart wearable device that can automatically detect lameness in sheep is being developed by veterinary researchers at the University...