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Exercising in the morning rather than in the evening may be more beneficial to health, as research shows that morning exercise burns more carbohydrates. more

This article aims to provide a brief overview of the key themes of the 29th ECCMID conference and update readers on current research projects. more

Researchers have come up with a scoring system based on genetic markers that predicts an individual's inborn risk for obesity. more

Two papers appearing April 18 in the journal Cell Metabolism confirm that the circadian clock is an important factor in... more

New research sheds light on how a hepatitis B viral protein stimulates the expansion of immune cells that impair antiviral responses, according to a study published... more

Saira Diaz uses her fingers to count the establishments selling fast food and sweets near the South Los Angeles home she shares with her parents and 13-year-old son. “There’s one,... more

A KAIST research team developed a microfluidic-based drug screening chip that identifies synergistic interactions between two antibiotics in eight hours. more

Phasefocus has secured additional investment as it prepares to launch the newest version of its flagship live cell imaging and analysis system, Livecyte™. more

DWK Life Sciences, the world’s leading manufacturer and supplier of precision labware, announces Workflow Solutions, a portfolio of glass and plastic labware designed to improve productivity through every phase of... more

On Friday 12th April, Bedfont Scientific Ltd was recognized as International Business of the Year for its 2nd year in a row at the South East... more

Identifying a protein that plays a key role in cancer cell growth is a first step toward the development of a targeted cancer therapy.... more

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There's a low-tech problem troubling the high-tech world of digital pathology imaging. more

Cutting-edge discovery in the lab of Catherine Hunter, MD, from Stanley Manne Children's Research Institute at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago offers a new... more

The brain is more resilient than previously thought. In a groundbreaking experiment published in this week's issue of Nature, neuroscientists created an artificial circulation system that successfully restored... more

Patients with chronic kidney disease, and dialysis patients especially, have a significantly higher cardiovascular morbidity and mortality than healthy people. Kidney transplantation is the best renal... more

New North Carolina State University research shows that key proteins known for their ability to prevent viral infections by inducing cell death can also... more

Scientists at Christiana Care Health System's Gene Editing Institute and NovellusDx, an Israeli biotechnology company, have deployed a breakthrough CRISPR gene-editing tool to successfully engineer multiple edits simultaneously to fragments... more

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Astronauts on long missions at the International Space Station can experience changes to their eyes and vision that can last for years. more

In a proof-of-principle study in mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report the creation of a specialized gel that acts like a... more

In 2000, measles was declared to be eliminated in the United States, when no sustained transmission of the virus was seen in... more

A scientific breakthrough provides new hope for millions of people living with multiple sclerosis. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have developed a compound that... more

Emergency medicine doctors now have a better way to treat severe epileptic seizures in children, thanks to a New Zealand-Australian study. more

Australia has more salmonella outbreaks than any other country in the world, with the number of cases doubling over the last decade. more

Antiretroviral therapy is usually very effective at suppressing HIV in the body, allowing a person's immune system to recover by preventing the virus from destroying CD4+ T cells. more

A team of researchers from Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University (UVSQ), Inserm and Pasteur Institute (Unité... more

Researchers have discovered some good news for fish populations living on coral reefs hit by climate change. more

A prescribed drug to treat high blood pressure has shown promise against conditions such as Parkinson's, Huntington's and forms of dementia in studies carried out in... more

It takes a lot of connections to create human intelligence. Brain function depends on contacts between multiple regions within the brain. more

Researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that triple negative breast cancer cells can develop resistance to... more

The human genome is fascinating. Once predicted to contain about a hundred thousand protein-coding genes, it now seems that the number is closer to twenty thousand,... more

Engineering bacteria to intelligently sense and respond to disease states, from infections to cancer, has become a promising focus of synthetic biology. more

Researchers have discovered a key clue into the development of the pancreas and brain by studying rare patients born without a pancreas. more

Microfluidics refers to the manipulation of fluids in microscale devices. Commonly called "labs on a chip," microfluidic systems are used to study and analyze very small-scale chemical or biological samples, replacing the... more

University of Oregon neuroscientists report that two areas of the mouse brain combine representations of what is heard and anticipated, guiding behavior that leads mice to the best reward. more

New three-dimensional imaging of the human placenta has been developed to help understand the reasons for fetal growth restriction - a condition which affects... more

This study examined how common hearing aids were and the factors associated with their use among a group of nearly... more

A new study led by researchers from the University of California, Irvine finds exercising in the morning, rather than at... more

Extracts from the seeds of the Ginkgo biloba tree show antibacterial activity on pathogens that can cause skin infections such as acne,... more

Embryonic stem cells have the ability to self-renew, and, being pluripotent have the potential to create almost any cell type in the body. more

Previous research has suggested that specific factors about the doctor performing colonoscopy - for example, a gastroenterologist versus a surgeon, female versus male -... more

Scientists have uncovered fresh insights into how vitamin D affects the immune system and might influence susceptibility to diseases such as multiple sclerosis. more

Gene therapy offers the promise of a cure for beta-thalassemia and a new study has shown that it is associated with fewer... more

Scientists from Lancaster University in the UK have discovered that immune responses originally found to prevent fungal infections are also important in eliminating Trichinella spiralis, a round worm... more

What if doctors had a remote control that they could use to steer a patient's own cells to a wound... more