Researchers at VIB and Ghent University have developed a tool to diagnose Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). Particularly common among Mediterranean populations, this genetic disease is...
Credit: Professor Hiroyuki Oshiumi The innate immune system in mammals defends against infection from viruses and other microbial infections. Unfortunately, the human immune response to...
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine A common cause of hair loss and breakage known as acquired trichorrhexis nodosa, or TN --often more prevalent in African-Americans --...
AMES, Iowa - A defect in a gene that produces dopamine in the brain appears to accelerate the onset of Parkinson's disease, according to new...
To "turn off" particular regions of genes or protect them from damage, DNA strands can wrap around small proteins, called histones, keeping out all but...
Credit: Radiological Society of North America CHICAGO - In the largest-ever study on screening mammography outcomes, researchers found that there is no clear cut-off age...
Credit: Garyfallia Pagonis of Massachusetts Eye and Ear. Boston, Mass. -- A new study led by researchers at Massachusetts Eye and Ear found that vestibular...
Certain medications are considered high risk in elders. In a recent study of 287 individuals ?65 years who experienced a fall while hospitalized at an...
(PHILADELPHIA) - How does a cancer cell burn calories? New research from Thomas Jefferson University shows that breast cancer cells rely on a different process...
The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A new technique developed by MIT researchers reveals the inner details of photonic crystals, synthetic materials whose exotic optical properties are the...
Nov. 25, 2016, Lebanon, N.H. - Using state-of-the-art molecular biology and statistical approaches, researchers at Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center (NCCC) have identified the functional...
The team of scientists from King's College London and Imperial College London tested a high-fat diet, containing a fermentable carbohydrate, and a control diet on...
Credit: Lauren Brent The social status of a rhesus macaque affects the nature of its immune system, where low-status animals show greater antibacterial responses and...
Researchers have identified a mechanism by which cells undergo reprogramming in live mice, a phenomenon that had previously been poorly understood. The finding could potentially...
