Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) -- an autosomal dominant disorder affecting approximately one in every 3,500 people -- results in dysfunctional neurofibromin, a protein expressed throughout...
WASHINGTON (June 12, 2017) -- Researchers at the George Washington University (GW) received a $3 million U01 grant from the National Institutes of Health to...
The number of microbes in a handful of soil exceeds the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, but researchers know less about what's...
Credit: Pablo GarcÃa-Diaz An international team of researchers, led by Durham University, UK, has provided the first global analysis of established alien species. Their study...
Testing for large numbers of genetic changes can identify men with over a 10-fold increased risk of testicular cancer, a new study shows. Researchers found...
PULLMAN, Wash. ÂÂ- Female college students who believe women are subservient and who endorse music media's degradation of women are more likely to be involved...
The number of suicides among farmers and farmworkers in the United States has remained stubbornly high since the end of the 1980s farm crisis, much...
TAMPA, Fla. (June 12, 2017) - Prostate cancer is the third most common cause of cancer-related death in men in the United States. It is...
Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY - A new, much more detailed reference genome for maize, or corn, as it is called...
Fungi are rich sources of natural molecules for drug discovery, but numerous challenges have pushed pharmaceutical companies away from tapping into this bounty. Now scientists...
The study was published in the renowned journal Nature Ecology and Evolution on 12 June 2017. Humans are responsible for the movement of an increasing...
Credit: Henriette van Praag (photo on left); MarathonFoto (photo on right). Amsterdam, NL, June 12, 2017 -In a new review of the effects of acute...
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - An analysis of data from five major studies of testicular cancer has identified new genetic locations that could be susceptible...
An international team of researchers has found, for the first time, seven risk genes for insomnia. With this finding the researchers have taken an important...
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Coral researcher Virginia Weis of Oregon State University is one of eight researchers selected for a new $14 million National Science Foundation...
