TB-causing bacteria appear to mask their identity to avoid recognition by infection-killing cells in the upper airways. The bacteria call up more permissive…
Metabolism was lost in the shadows of cancer research for decades but has recently been reclaiming some of the spotlight. Now, Mina Bissell, Distinguished…
Beginning with their discovery of spontaneous oscillatory contraction (SPOC) of muscle, Prof. Shin’ichi Ishiwata and his team at Waseda University’s Faculty of…
“I’m going to do more sport in the new year.“ Hardly any resolution is made more frequently than this one after the calorie-filled Christmas holidays – and…
The results are scheduled for publication Dec. 18 in the journal Nature Communications.In a twist, the master controller comes from a source that scientists…
Bladder cancer will kill upward of 170,000 people worldwide this year, but bladder cancer isn’t fatal in the bladder. Instead, in order to be fatal the disease…
Schizophrenia is a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder that affects approximately 2.2 million Americans each year. It is characterized by a…
Brain MRI exams are often performed with a gadolinium-based contrast medium (Gd-CM). Gadolinium's paramagnetic properties make it useful for MRI, but the…
It's the time of year when many of us celebrate the holidays with festive foods and drinks, including alcohol. No better time then to ask if it is true, as is…
In neuroscience research, optogenetics is a newly developed technology that allows researchers to control the activity of specific populations of brain cells,…
The statement — whose lead author is Yvonne Maldonado, MD, professor of pediatrics at the Stanford University School of Medicine — will be published online…
Insights into how the parasites that cause the disease are able to communicate with one another could help limit the spread of the infection. The findings…
A cross-sectional study by investigators from Tokyo University has found that exercising in middle age is a protective factor against sarcopenia and effective…
The results are surprising because they contradict the general assumption that climate change leads to greater geographical spread of diseases. The explanation…
New research from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center Seidman Cancer Center and Case Comprehensive Cancer Center at Case Western Reserve University…
Patients with DM may develop corneal complications and delayed wound healing. This slow wound healing contributes to increased infections and the formation of…
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