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In a study published online by JAMA Ophthalmology, Changwen Ke, Ph.D., of the Guangdong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China and colleagues...

Roswell Park Cancer Institute scientists report that several flavorings added to electronic cigarettes impact the toxicity of the devices and that, among the tested flavors,...

A study led by researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and Pitt Department of Psychology has identified...

Credits: WikimediaResearchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center have discovered a key mechanism that explains how compounds they’re developing can suppress schizophrenia-like symptoms in mice wi..

Prof. Bernd Kuhn, Dr. Akihiro Funamizu and Prof. Kenji Doya. Credit: Image courtesy of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University – OISTSuppose you...

Salk Institute researchers and collaborators develop novel cancer treatment that halts fat synthesis in cells. Placebo-treated cells (left) have far more lipid (red) production compared...

Human babies and even animals have a basic number sense that many believe evolves from seeing the world and trying to quantify all the sights....

Korean researchers show how our brain activates self-destruct mechanisms when it is low on energy to regulate appetite. Researchers from Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science...

The American Academy of Pediatrics is urging parents and health providers to stop giving codeine to children, calling for more education about its risks and...

A novel strategy to screen pregnant women for malaria with rapid diagnostic tests and treat the test-positive women with effective antimalarials does not lower the...

A recent review and analysis of published studies since 2005 found low-to-moderate evidence that dietary and exercise interventions can improve physical function and quality of...

MIT neuroscientists have discovered connections deep within the brain that appear to form a communication pathway between areas that control emotion, decision-making, and movement. The...

False-colored scanning electron micrograph depicts oral squamous cancer cell (white) being attacked by to T cells (red), part of the natural immune response. Photo Credit:...

Image of a neuromuscular junction. University at Buffalo and Johns Hopkins researchers have shown in mice that glutamate plays a key role in the muscle...

Oscar M. Curet, Ph.D., in FAU’s Department of Ocean and Mechanical Engineering (far right), has been observing how animals move to identify the differences between...