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Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan - When cancer metastases, bone unwittingly offers a friendly place for tumor cell growth--only to have its hospitality betrayed...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig suffered a catastrophic explosion and blowout on April 21, 2010, leading to the worst oil spill...

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA Although galaxy formation and evolution are still far from being fully understood, the conditions we see within certain galaxies -- such...

Scientists have identified the gene responsible for generating acylceramide, the key lipid in forming the skin barrier that protects us from pathogens, allergens and other...

Mitochondrial disorders (MIDs) frequently manifest as myopathy. Myopathy may also involve the respiratory muscles. Affection of the respiratory muscles may progress to respiratory insufficiency, requi..

Bottom Line: A vaccine targeting cytomegalovirus (CMV) antigen pp65, combined with high-dose chemotherapy (temozolomide), improved both progression-free survival and overall survival for a small group..

Credit: Clinical Cancer Research/American Association for Cancer Research DURHAM, N.C. -- A phase one study of 11 patients with glioblastoma who received injections of an...

Credit: Please credit 'choosing face infographic by David White' When trying to pick the most flattering pictures for online profiles, it may be best to...

Credit: 21 Lux photography/Heike Engel If you're small, smells are a good way to stand out. A team of researchers led by the Netherlands Institute...

Credit: Anne Gordon, Whale Watching Panama Whales from both poles migrate long distances to breed in tropical waters. Smithsonian scientist Hector M. Guzman and Fernando...

Imagine that the way flies and butterflies drink nectar and other fluids can be imitated for use in medicine, potentially to deliver life-saving drugs to...

Credit: Zdenek Dohnalek RICHLAND, Wash. - When a molecule of water comes in for a landing on the common catalyst titanium oxide, it sometimes breaks...

Credit: Michigan Medcine Although GI disorders are among the most common medical conditions, many patients don't consider their symptoms serious enough to consult a physician...

Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology (left); Denise Applewhite, Princeton University (right) The National Science Foundation (NSF) today recognized Baratunde "Bara" A. Cola of the Georgia...

After more than a decade of declining cholera incidence, Vietnam faced an increase in cases of the diarrheal disease during 2007-2010. Risk factors for contracting...