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Even as new viruses are being identified, the emerging field of virus discovery, identification of their nucleotide sequences, gene expression patterns and complexities of virus-host...

Credit: Samuli Lehtonen Throughout the history of life, new groups of species have flourished at the expense of earlier ones and global biodiversity has varied...

Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI An international team of researchers has identified genomic mutations for Carey-Fineman-Ziter (CFZS) syndrome, a very rare congenital myopathy (inherited muscle disorder)...

Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in humans, after Alzheimer's disease. It is typically characterized by changes..

Credit: University of Central Florida A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida has discovered a potential new weapon in the fight against...

Credit: Steffen Glaser / TUM Quantum technology is seen as an important future-oriented technology: smaller, faster and with higher performance than conventional electronics. However, exploiting...

Credit: Alisa Weigandt for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Long before the Zika virus became a global fear, cytomegalovirus, or CMV, was commonly infecting developing...

PITTSBURGH, July 6, 2017 - Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences and UPMC have uncovered the molecular mechanism underlying corticosteroid...

Credit: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, July 6, 2017--The late adolescent years are an important period for gaining bone mineral, even after a teenager attains...

Credit: Jackson Smith | University of Virginia Health System Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have received more than $8.6 million in...

Credit: (UZH) It is a known fact that microbes on farms protect children from asthma and allergies. But even non-microbial molecules can have a protective...

Credit: Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, HKUST Hydrogels, noted for their biomimetic properties, are the leading materials for biomedical applications, such as drug delivery...

It's never easy to orientate oneself in a new place - that applies to rats as well. Researchers from the Ruhr University Bochum have examined...

Quanterix Corporation, a company digitizing biomarker analysis with the goal of advancing the science of precision health, and DestiNA Genomics Ltd, a manufacturer of patented...

PHILADELPHIA -- (July 6, 2017) -- A novel, synthetic, DNA-based strategy to provide protection against a broad array of influenza viruses has been developed in...