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A new study shows that modern domestic cats are ultimately derived from the African wildcat, which was domesticated in two centers -- Egypt and the...

This might considerably speed up crystal growth that is of major importance in a number of materials and applications. The liquid state of the building...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 21, 2017--A new study of children up to 2 years of age showed that those...

GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have shed light on how the developing brain ensures that connections between...

Scientists studying a mystery link between the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia and an increased risk of heart disease in later life for both mother and...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and EVRY, France, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a U.S. commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and...

Credit: Photo: Gunnar Bartsch Forager honeybees have a demanding job: Searching for nectar, honeydew and pollen, they permanently commute between beehive and flower meadow. Their...

Credit: Tingying Peng / TUM/HMGU Today, tracking the development of individual cells and spotting the associated factors under the microscope is nothing unusual. However, impairments...

Research by Dr Nicholas Newton-Fisher from the University of Kent has found chimpanzees modify their interactions with other chimpanzees if higher ranking members of their...

Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new drug shows promise in its ability to target one of the most common and sinister mutations of acute...

Credit: Adrià López-Baucells A new study from the University of Helsinki investigates knowledge gaps among the largely unknown, but greatly threatened, group of island-restricted bats,...

When it comes to testing for cancer, environmental pollution and food contaminants, traditional sensors can help. The challenges are that they often are bulky, expensive,...

Credit: (Credit: Bruno Charbit for Hebrew University) A growing number of pathogens are developing resistance to one or more antibiotics, threatening our ability to treat...

Oxazaphosphorine cytostatics (Cyclophosphamide, Ifosfamide) are often used and very effective anticancer agents; but so far little is known about the molecular basis for the antitumor...

Anticancer agents targeting microtubule from marine sources hold great potential in the field of cancer therapeutics and are gradually advancing in the clinical setup. Microtubule...