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A new study shows the death of newborn brain cells may be linked to a genetic risk factor for five major psychiatric diseases, and at...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Why does one person who tries cocaine get addicted, while another might use it and then leave it alone? Why do...

Rio is a California sea lion who can solve IQ tests that many people have trouble passing. In fact, she is so smart that scientists...

LA JOLLA–(April 28, 2016) A microscope about the size of a penny is giving scientists a new window into the everyday activity of cells within...

Danish research is behind a new epoch-making discovery, which may prove decisive to future brain research. The level of salts in the brain plays a...

What if a map of the brain could help us decode people's inner thoughts? Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have taken a step...

The fabrication of a prototype tissue having functional properties close to the natural ones is crucial for effective transplantation. Tissue engineering scaffolds are typically used...

Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer,...

Credit: University of Arizona Health Sciences TUCSON, Ariz. – Researchers are one step closer to understanding the genetic and biological basis of diseases like cancer,...

Researchers have found that long-term exposure to environmental pollutants was associated with increased risk of mortality for many types of cancer in an elderly Hong...

In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) published a series of monographs on the evaluation of various carcinogenic risks. In a monograph...

Credit: Dr. A. P. Zhang and team, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University WASHINGTON – Insulin deficiency and hyperglycemia are two well-known culprits behind diabetes, both...

A research team led by an award-winning genomicist at Western University has developed a new method for identifying mutations and prioritizing variants in breast and...

PHILADELPHIA – The discovery of long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) has dramatically changed the understanding of the biology of diseases such as cancer. The human genome...

Boston, MA – Human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cancers occur more frequently, and sometimes with more deadly consequences, among Hispanics, blacks, and American Indian and Alaska Natives...