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Montreal, May 20 2016 – A type of brain cell known as microglia plays a key role in reducing the effects of cocaine in the...

Many breast cancers are marked by a lack of HOXA5 protein, a gene product known to control cell differentiation and death, and lower levels of...

A special kind of immune cell serves as an intermediary between gut bacteria and the brain. Dr. Susanne Wolf of the Max Delbrück Center for...

Rutgers is taking a leading role in an IBM-sponsored World Community Grid project that will use supercomputing power to identify potential drug candidates to cure...

Electricity plays a key role in cell studies, but practical issues linked with the shape of the laboratory cultureware have troubled this research. Laboratory cultureware...

Why people on immunosuppressant drugs for autoimmune conditions have a higher incidence of an often-fatal brain disease may be linked to a mutation in a...

New research demonstrates the effectiveness of ketamine to treat depression in a mouse model of the disease and brings together two hypotheses for the cause...

PHILADELPHIA – A 24-hour rhythm of cellular detoxification in flies and mammals is coordinated by a neuropeptide that also drives feeding in both organisms, found...

Credit: The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) can look forward to the development of new therapies...

DNA-based straight and branched polymers or nanomaterials that can be created and dissolved using biocompatible methods are now possible thanks to the work of Penn...

A simple paper sheet made by scientists at Uppsala University can improve the quality of life for millions of people by removing resistant viruses from...

BAR HARBOR, MAINE – Wound healing is not a one-size-fits-all process. MDI Biological Laboratory Assistant Professor, Vicki P. Losick, Ph.D, has recently discovered a new...

A small number of patients infected by HIV spontaneously control viral replication without antiretroviral therapy, and do not develop the disease. The ability of these...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), of which Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are the main types, is on the increase in the United...

Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma team of chemists has developed a new antibiotic formulation to fight the sometimes deadly staph infection caused...