Scientists here have found that certain substances from bacteria living in the human intestine cause the normally harmless Candida albicans fungus to become…
A group of Canadian and European researchers have unlocked the mystery of a gene with the potential to both regulate and block ovulation. The new study – a…
“In addition to helping explain the basic mechanisms of transmembrane receptor signaling, these results may identify a potential therapy for interfering with…
By mapping the developing brain cells in newly hatched midshipman fish larvae and comparing them to other species, Andrew H. Bass, Cornell professor of…
The study, published on 18th July in the journal PLoS Computational Biology, focuses on the role of oxytocin, a very important hormone recently found be…
The ambition in many quarters to scale up the production of human embryonic stem cells and move towards clinical trials requires that different laboratories…
These two illnesses also share genetic variants that might be involved in the predisposition to both disorders. A new study scheduled for publication in the…
However, these “joints,” the boundaries between psychiatric disorders, such as that between bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, are far from clear. Prior…
Several industries, from pharmaceutical and chemical to food and others, require enantiomerically pure compounds for the development of their products….
Scientists have long been puzzled by how the Masai can avoid cardiovascular disease despite having a diet rich in animal fats. Researchers at Karolinska…
In a paper recently published in the journal Animal Behaviour, Smith, a student in MSU’s Department of Zoology, shows that while spotted hyenas know the value…
Effective treatments are available and can involve either behavioral therapy or medications.Although “it makes intuitive sense that combining these two…
According to an article in the August issue of Microbiology Today, this technology has an added bonus: leftover enzymes can be used to scavenge precious metals…
But a research team led by University of Sunderland scientists has made a major breakthrough in the fight against a deadly hospital infection which kills tens…
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has awarded a planning grant to the Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute to support its researchers in their…
Humans have long been trying to make the dream of nanoscopic robots come true. The dream is, in fact, taking on some aspects of reality. Nanoscience has…
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