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HOUSTON – (April 25, 2016) – Current medical research and literature may be overemphasizing the role that hospital volume plays ...

Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have uncovered a novel function of the gene PLK1 (polo-like kinase 1) that helps ...

The question is straightforward enough: How does the brain learn to make sense of the visual world? The full answer ...

Newcastle scientists and medics have developed a new type of genetic blood test that diagnoses scarring in the liver – ...

Spider silk has long been noted for its graceful structure, as well as its advanced material properties: Ounce for ounce, ...

Imagine that it is possible, through a tiny adhesive electronic stamp attached to the arm, to know in real time ...

Focusing on the difficult case of restoring cartilage, which requires both flexibility and mechanical strength, the researchers investigated a new ...

One of developmental biology's most perplexing questions concerns what signals transform masses of undifferentiated cells into tremendously complex organisms, a ...

Using advanced technology and an approach that merges engineering and medicine, a Yale University-led team has compiled some of the ...

A duel between mathematical models supports the reigning theory of the genetics of altruism It isn’t that often that a ...

Carnegie Mellon University neuroscientists have identified a new pathway by which several brain areas communicate within the brain’s striatum. Published ...

Scientists have captured the first detailed microscopy images of ultra-small bacteria that are believed to be about as small as ...

When diagnosing a case of Ebola, time is of the essence. However, existing diagnostic tests take at least a day ...

Plastic waste is one of today's major environmental concerns. Most types of plastic do not biodegrade but break up into ...

Like the shape-shifting robots of “Transformers” fame, a unique class of proteins in the human body also has the ability ...

By loading magnetic nanoparticles with drugs and dressing them in biochemical camouflage, Houston Methodist researchers say they can destroy blood ...

Three Austrian men have become the first in the world to undergo a new technique called “bionic reconstruction”, enabling them ...

Using advanced DNA sequencing methods, researchers have identified a new gene that is associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

Scientists are interested in using gels to deliver drugs because they can be molded into specific shapes and designed to ...

Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles; ...