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Research has found a previously overlooked group of obese people may be at risk...
New research from Monash University and the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre has found a previously overlooked group of obese people may be at risk...
Found multiple genetic variants within the FUT2 gene that makes some people especially susceptible...
Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found multiple genetic variants within the FUT2 gene that makes some people especially susceptible...
From a revolutionary way of testing children for tuberculosis to a cure for a...
From a revolutionary way of testing children for tuberculosis to a cure for a previously untreatable strain, scientists from across the globe launched a...
Harmful materials found in herbal medicines are either contributing to, or causing, deaths of...
A University of Adelaide forensic pathologist is warning that potentially harmful substances found in herbal medicines may be playing a bigger role in deaths...
Mammalian cells seem to be able to memorize anti-viral stimulation at the level of...
Mammalian cells seem to be able to memorize anti-viral stimulation at the level of DNA-packaging molecules, enabling faster and greater activation of anti-viral genes...
Scientists now proves the memory-enhancing effect of a plant ester as an active ingredient...
In an ageing society, more people are suffering from memory disorders. The progressive loss of memory severely impairs the quality of life of those...
NIBIB-funded researchers have transformed T cells into drug factories engineered to find cells carrying...
NIBIB-funded researchers have transformed T cells into drug factories engineered to find cells carrying specific diseases in the body—and then produce therapeutic proteins localized...
A drug (Lynparza) could help slow the progression of some advanced ovarian cancers and...
A drug could help slow the progression of some advanced ovarian cancers and extend the time that patients show no signs of disease, according...
People who frequently use many types of media at once, or heavy media multitaskers,...
The smartphones that are now ubiquitous were just gaining popularity when Anthony Wagner became interested in the research of his Stanford colleague, Clifford Nass,...
Chronic stress is a well-known risk factor for the development of psychiatric illnesses including...
Chronic stress is a well-known risk factor for the development of psychiatric illnesses including depression disorders.
The brain requires a great deal of glucose, and...
The influenza virus can evolve resistance to an anti-flu drug currently in development for...
The influenza virus can evolve resistance to an anti-flu drug currently in development for use in pandemics but only if there are multiple genetic...
Maternal thyroid hormones are critical for fetal brain development
Maternal thyroid hormones are critical for fetal brain development, but levels are frequently abnormal in women of childbearing age.
Correcting symptomatic cases protects both mother...
Smoke alarms are important for preventing deaths, yet many young children don’t wake up...
When residential fires happen at night while people are sleeping, deaths are more likely to occur. Smoke alarms are important for preventing these deaths,...
Use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor drugs (ACEIs) to lower blood pressure is associated...
Use of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor drugs (ACEIs) to lower blood pressure is associated with an increased risk of lung cancer compared with use...
U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two...
U.S. health regulators have approved the first new type of flu drug in two decades.
Wednesday's approval of Xofluza for people age 12 and older...
