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Credit: Donald Danforth Plant Science Center JOHNSTON, Iowa, and ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 17, 2017 - DuPont Pioneer and the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center...

Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Oct. 17, 2017 - In findings that open the door to a completely different approach to curing...

Researchers have shown that genetic diversity plays a key role in enabling drug resistance to evolve. Scientists at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the...

Up to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders. Such fasting already shows benefits...

Credit: Graphic: team Gallant Most human tumours have one thing in common: They harbour drastically increased amounts of the so-called Myc proteins. Animal experiments show...

Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University researchers have developed a computational model to quantify the mechanism by which CRISPR-Cas9 proteins find their genome-editing targets. Ana..

A team of researchers at VIB and KU Leuven used stem cell technology to generate motor neurons from ALS patients carrying mutations in FUS. They...

Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 17, 2017) -- Picture this: you're battling heart failure and meeting with your doctor to discuss treatment. Before...

Credit: Graphic: Susan Walter, UFZ In the meantime, minute plastic particles can be found in the water in virtually every sea and river. This constitutes...

Credit: Jing Yuan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology WASHINGTON -- An estimated 5.5 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease, a type of dementia that...

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Taking advantage of its special expertise in identifying tick-borne, disease-causing pathogens, plus its access the thousands of people who...

Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York have created a micro-scale biological...

University of Guelph researchers have published what is believed to be the first scientific paper in North America on improving medicinal cannabis plant production, helping...

Climate change is putting many tropical high altitude beetles at risk of extinction, warn an international team of scientists. Research by the University of York,...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Methane gas, a vast natural resource, is often disposed of through burning, but new research by scientists at MIT could make it...