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Credit: Cornell University Just like workers in a factory, enzymes can create a final product more efficiently if they are stuck together in one place...

PHILADELPHIA - Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) will present the latest...

Credit: SCB Celldance 2016 and Daniela Cimini, Virginia Tech SAN FRANCISCO, CA--Riding a wave of powerful new imaging technologies, three ASCB member labs will take...

PHILADELPHIA - Labor induction is one of the most common medical procedures in the world, with nearly one-quarter of women who deliver in the U.S....

Credit: Stephen Wietgrefe Combination drug treatments have become successful at long-term control of HIV infection, but the goal of totally wiping out the virus and...

Credit: Andy Y. Shih, Ph.D., and Robert Underly, Medical University of South Carolina. Pericytes are the primary locus of matrix-mellaproteinase-9-dependent (MMP-9) capillary damage and blood...

Scientists have created a map of all 1,578 licensed drugs and their mechanisms of action - as a means of identifying 'uncharted waters' in the...

Experiments using laser light and pieces of gray material the size of fingernail clippings may offer clues to a fundamental scientific riddle: What is the...

Psychiatric polypharmacy is defined as the use of two or more drugs in the treatment of a psychiatric condition. Although, a lack of consensus has...

Credit: Giulio Viola, University of Bologna Tectonic plates, big sections of Earth's crust and blocks underneath them, are constantly moving. The areas where these sections...

The development of antibiotics generated a revolution in the way we look and treat bacterial infections. In spite of the initial success, new problems came...

Credit: University of Konstanz Through the collaboration of the teams of Professor Elke Deuerling and Professor Christine Peter within the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 969...

Credit: Vasco Elbrecht and Florian Leese Often referred to as "the blue planet", the majority of the Earth consists of aquatic ecosystems. Human land-use change,...

Repeated dieting may lead to weight gain because the brain interprets the diets as short famines and urges the person to store more fat for...

A large analysis of current research shows that people who eat at least 20g of nuts a day have a lower risk of heart disease,...