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Sequencing a patient's entire genome to discover the source of his or her disease is not routine, but geneticists are getting close. A case report...
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One of the big mysteries in biology is why cells age. Now scientists report that they have discovered a weakness in a component of brain...
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Newly divorced middle aged women are more vulnerable to contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases, according to new research, because they tend to let...
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Could the use of vitamin and mineral supplements in a regular diet help to reduce the risk of colon cancer and protect against carcinogens? A...
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People who suffer a traumatic experience often don't talk about it, and many forget it over time. But not talking about something doesn't always mean...
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Refugee children have scant access to medical care and are particularly vulnerable to disease. Fresh research results show that just a few hours of schooling...
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Placebos reduce pain by creating an expectation of relief. Distraction -- say, doing a puzzle -- relieves it by keeping the brain busy. But do...
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Scientists have pooled their radio observations into a database, producing the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way...
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In the largest and longest head-to-head comparison of two anti-clotting medications, warfarin and aspirin were similar in preventing deaths and strokes in heart failure patients...
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An innovative approach to genome screening has provided clues about rare mutations that may make people susceptible to brain aneurysms, predisposing them to brain bleeds,...
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If the proven long-term benefits of smoking cessation are not enough to motivate young adults to stop smoking, a new study shows that 18- to...
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In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by recurrent glioblastoma multiforme. Now, a novel investigational device – available only at clinical...
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A new drug that showed promise in animal studies and an early clinical trial didn't improve disability among stroke patients, according to new research.
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The anti-blood clot regimen that adds the drug clopidogrel (Plavix) to aspirin treatment is unlikely to prevent recurrent strokes and may increase the risk of...
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An experimental blood clot-removing device outperformed the FDA-approved MERCI; retriever device, according to new research.
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A preference for fatty foods has a genetic basis, according to researchers, who discovered that people with certain forms of the CD36 gene may like...
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Increased exposure to sunlight may reduce the risk of both food allergies and eczema in children, according to a new scientific study.
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Around 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the...
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They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows...
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Understanding the human mind is the key to social robotics, and researchers describe what we can expect from this field in the future.
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Scientists believe a new procedure to repair severed nerves could result in patients recovering in days or weeks, rather than months or years. The team...
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073, which is found in the constellation of Cetus (The...
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Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach,...
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When a patient afflicted with schizophrenia hears inner voices something is taking place inside the brain that prevents the individual from perceiving real voices. A...
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Mars may have been arid for more than 600 million years, making it too hostile for any life to survive on the planet’s surface, according...
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Overloaded cellular networks can get annoying – especially when you want to watch a video on your smartphone. An optimized Radio Resource Manager will soon...
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If you wanted to draw your family tree, you could start by searching for people who share your surname. Cells, of course, don’t have surnames,...
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Immune cells from healthy individuals can be the new immune cure for cancer. This treatment can kill cancer cells without destroying neighboring cells. The hope...
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Many living organisms suffer from parasites, which use the hosts’ resources for their own purposes. The problem of parasitism occurs at all levels right down...
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Breastfeeding is associated with improved lung function at school age, particularly in children of asthmatic mothers, according to a new study.
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A ‘gatekeeper’ protein plays a critical role in helping immune cells to sound a warning after encountering signs of tumor growth or infection.
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Scientists and cancer physicians have successfully demonstrated the effectiveness of an advanced blood test for detecting and analyzing circulating tumor cells -- breakaway cells from...
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Malaria is killing more people worldwide than previously thought -- 1.2 million -- but the number of deaths has fallen rapidly as efforts to combat...
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It can be difficult to distinguish between people with normal age-associated memory loss and those with amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI). However people with aMCI...
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U.S. counties and parishes with a greater concentration of small, locally-owned businesses have healthier populations — with lower rates of mortality, obesity and diabetes —...
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Small RNA-based nucleic acid drugs represent a promising new class of therapeutic agents for silencing abnormal or overactive disease-causing genes, and researchers have discovered new...
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A two-year study of high school football players suggests that concussions are likely caused by many hits over time and not from a single blow...
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Scientists have advanced a method that allowed them to single out a marine microorganism and map its genome even though the organism made up less...
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Internet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by researchers from around the world....
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Scientists have examined the unethical practices of some journal publications, articulating results from their research to show that some editors coerce authors into adding unnecessary...
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The traditional risk factors for stroke – such as high cholesterol – are not as accurate at predicting risk in postmenopausal women as previously thought....
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Neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain...
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Researchers have found new evidence that confirms the significance of a protein that neuroscientists call tau to the development of Alzheimer's disease. While earlier studies...
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A recent study shows that a new DNA test that identifies Down syndrome in pregnancy can also detect trisomies 18 and 13.
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A new study suggests that hyperglycemia injures the heart, even in patients without a history of heart disease or diabetes. The high-sensitivity test they used...
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An open-label study of rituximab, a monoclonal antibody for human CD20, was shown to be safe in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis who had an...
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Hand counting of votes in postelection audit or recount procedures can result in error rates of up to two percent, according to a new study.
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By figuring out how butterflies flutter among flowers with amazing grace and agility, researchers hope to help build small airborne robots that can mimic those...
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Geophysics researchers have created a new way to study fractures by producing elastic waves, or vibrations, through using high-intensity light focused directly on the fracture...
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Pulsars are among the most exotic celestial bodies known. They have diameters of about 20 kilometers, but at the same time roughly the mass of...
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Sientists have discovered a potentially habitable super-Earth orbiting a nearby star. The star is a member of a triple star system and has a different...
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What would you do if you found out that the roads you drive on could cause cancer? This is the reality that residents face in...
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Salmonella remains a serious cause of food poisoning, in part due to its ability to thrive and quickly adapt to the different environments in which...
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Researchers have identified fexinidazole as a possible, much-needed, new treatment for the parasitic disease visceral leishmaniasis.
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'Yellow biotechnology' refers to biotechnology with insects -- analogous to the green (plants) and red (animals) biotechnology. Active ingredients or genes in insects are characterized...
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Scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain's executive hub....
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Researchers have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present...
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A biologist who released lizards on tiny uninhabited islands in the Bahamas has shed light on the interaction between evolutionary processes that are seldom observed....
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Wonder material graphene has been touted as the next silicon, with one major problem -- it is too conductive to be used in computer chips....
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Caffeine consumption has long been associated with decreased risk of liver disease and reduced fibrosis in patients with chronic liver disease. Now, new research confirms...