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The cells of the innate immune system use a signaling pathway comprising STING (Stimulator of interferon genes) to detect DNA from invading viruses and fight...

ANN ARBOR--Sometimes it pays to be unpredictable. A new study shows that when bipedal desert rodents called jerboas are being chased, sudden changes in direction,...

In a paper published in Nature Communications, Northeastern University Professor Jennifer Bowen and University of Rhode Island Professor Laura Meyerson reveal that a native type...

Insects have much better vision and can see in far greater detail than previously thought, a new study from the University of Sheffield has revealed....

The presence of the bacterium Kingella kingae in children's throats was strongly linked to bone and joint infection with the same bacterium, according to new...

1. Re-analysis of evidence suggests that PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from prostate cancer Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2586 Editorial: http://an..

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have developed a blood test that spots tumor-specific DNA and protein biomarkers for early-stage pancreatic cancer. The combined "liquid biopsy"...

LUGANO-MADRID, 04 September, 2017 - European women with ovarian cancer can safely stick to the standard three-week dosing schedule for paclitaxel rather than boosting up...

Scientists are honing in on a potential treatment for osteoporosis, after performing the largest ever genetic study of the common age-related bone-thinning disease. Researchers from...

Credit: Joan de la Malla Some of the areas hosting most of the world's biodiversity are those inhabited by indigenous peoples. In the same way...

Credit: MIPT Press Office A U.S.-based team of researchers featuring MIPT scientists has assembled a nanoscale biological structure capable of producing hydrogen from water using...

Credit: Immanuel Wagner/imma.tv Nuclear pore complexes are tiny channels where the exchange of substances between the cell nucleus and the cytoplasm takes place. Scientists at...

Credit: NIBB In many areas, the environment fluctuates greatly depending on the season, and animals living in those areas must adapt to the changing environment....

The project "Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly" is being conducted at the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) by the Gesund ins Leben...

New insight into sleeping sickness suggests communication between parasites that cause infection could affect the severity and spread of the potentially fatal disease. When two...