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Credit: Johan Wingborg A newly discovered mechanism behind reduced insulin production in type 2 diabetes is now being presented. In an article in Nature Communications,...

Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center The study tested the efficacy of tildrakizumab, an antibody that targets only a very specific immune system pathway. More...

The 2017 Warren Alpert Foundation Prize has been awarded to five scientists for transformative discoveries in the field of cancer immunology. Collectively, their work has...

University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered that loss of muscle stem cells is the main driving force behind muscle decline in old age...

Oldenburg/Bremerhaven (Germany), 6th June 2017. It is only six centimetres long, but it plays a major role in the Antarctic ecosystem: the small crustacean Euphausia...

The cell surface of a common soil bacteria (Streptomyces sp.) is not only hydrophobic but it protects the organism from desiccation and therefore the movement...

Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a key intervention needed to protect...

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged from multiple clinical trials that...

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 -- Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks. Our latest episode brings chemistry...

Credit: Graphic by Asier Larramendi Eskorza and Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New research reveals that a species of giant elephant that lived 1.5 million...

Credit: Chacko AM et. al., Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore Singapore, 6 June 2017 - Commonly used to detect solid tumours, positron emission tomography (PET) paired...

People with damage to a crucial part of the brain fail to recognise facial emotions, but they unexpectedly find faces looking sideways more memorable researchers...

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Heart disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide, yet the few available treatments are still mostly unsuccessful once the...

Chicago, IL, June 6, 2017 - Cardiac surgeons are successfully performing more extensive surgical repairs of type A aortic dissection -- one of the highest...

Credit: Wikipedia The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it is dominated by the famous...