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CHICAGO - While it is well known that smoking causes lung cancer, heavy smokers with diabetes are also at increased risk of death from causes...

Has the time come to replace traditionally used silicon with printable organic semiconductor inks? University of Surrey scientists believe so, especially for future electronics that...

Credit: Keith Murphy Sleepiness after a large meal is something we all experience, and new research with fruit flies suggests higher protein and salt content...

ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Approximately 10 percent of newborns require help breathing after birth, and 1 in 1,000 newborns require more intensive resuscitation measures. These infrequent,...

No one can deny that men and women have different genes, biology and anatomical features. However, only a minority of medical studies take this into...

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Three years ago the White House launched the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative to accelerate the development and application..

Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc and YMK Photonics, Inc Tuesday, 22nd of November, 2016, Baltimore, MD - Insilico Medicine, Inc and YMK Photonics, Inc announced today...

Credit: IDIBELL More than 2 million people got infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in 2015, being sexual transmission the main channel of infection. Researchers...

Credit: Patrick Keeling A rare microbe that was once thought to be insignificant has turned out to be one of the most abundant single-celled hunters...

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Seth Dixon A high-risk subtype of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) first identified in children is highly prevalent in...

Adoption of novel oral targeted therapies for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) could raise the treatment costs for the blood-system cancer in the U.S....

Credit: Robert Boston A combination of two topical drugs that have been in use for years triggers a robust immune response against precancerous skin lesions,...

Individuals with Li-Fraumeni syndrome are at an increased risk for a number of cancers, including breast and bone cancer. Li-Fraumeni syndrome is an inherited cancer...

Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A cellular component known as the Golgi apparatus may play a role in how lung cancer metastasizes, according to researchers...

Credit: Nova Southeastern University FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - The American Academy of Optometry (AAO) recently announced Nova Southeastern University (NSU) College of Optometry Professor Rachel..