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Last fall as the Ebola epidemic continued unabated, experts started discussing something that had never before been bandied about: the idea of Ebola becoming endemic in parts of West Africa. Endemic diseases, like malari...

A group of white blood cells known as B cells, which play a key role in the human immune response, need a protein-targeting signal called mannose 6-phosphate (M6P) in order to proliferate, differentiate, and present immu...

Years of research come together to support a groundbreaking procedure, the first attempt at spinal cord surgery that also aimed to take advantage of stem cell therapy.

If Detroit can do it, the United Kingdom should be able to do the same. Nick Clegg is a firm believer that suicide is preventable, needing just the right approach to accomplish.

(Cancer Research UK) People are more successful in taking up healthy habits if their partner makes positive changes too, according to research published in JAMA Internal Medicine today.

(European Society of Cardiology) Evidence already exists for the beneficial effects of drinking moderate amounts of alcohol on the risk of developing a number of heart conditions; however, the role it plays in the risk o...

(Penn State) Children whose parents participated in a prenatal program aimed at enhancing couples' co-parenting relationship were better adjusted at age seven than children whose parents were assigned to a control group,...

(BMJ-British Medical Journal) The very first successful organ donation from a newborn carried out in the UK is reported in the Fetal & Neonatal Edition of Archives of Disease in Childhood.

(Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute) Researchers have identified a series of mutations that could help to improve early detection of resistance to our most effective antimalarial drug. The largest genome-wide association st...

(RIKEN) In a big step towards understanding the effects of a rare mutation, research by scientists at the RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center in Japan implicates the enzyme ENGase as the factor responsible for deficie...

(Motion PR) A new study, published this week in the open access journal Nutrients, compares the nutrient adequacy and diet quality of those who consume tree nuts

(University of Michigan) A key to victory in battle, according to Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu, is to know your enemy. In the current fight against whooping cough resurgence, perhaps the biggest obstac...

(Rockefeller University Press) A group of white blood cells known as B cells, which play a key role in the human immune response, need a protein-targeting signal called M6P in order to proliferate, differentiate and pres...

(University of Maryland School of Medicine) New research from scientists at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has found that tiny lumps of calcium phosphate may be an important triggering factor for age-relat...

(University of Utah) The venom of a tropical cone snail contains large amounts of specialized insulin that rapidly disables fish. Discoverers at the University of Utah say this stripped-down version of the hormone may pr...

(Carnegie Mellon University) New research recently published in Nature Neuroscience suggests that the various reports -- of both over- and under-connectivity -- may, in fact, reflect a deeper principle of brain function....

(Canadian Medical Association Journal) A team of Canadian and Japanese researchers has identified the genetic mutation responsible for glycogen storage disease type IIIa in Inuit in northern Quebec, Canada, in a study pu...

(Kaiser Permanente) Researchers used spatial analysis software and electronic medical records to identify clusters of underimmunization and vaccine refusal among Kaiser Permanente members in Northern California, accordin...

(University of Michigan Health System) Over a 12-year period, the prevalence of falls among older adults appeared to be on the rise, a new nationally representative study says.

(Penn State) Athletes who down beet juice before exercising to increase blood flow and improve performance may be surprised at the results of a recent study conducted at Penn State's Noll Laboratory. While beetroot juice...

(University of East Anglia) Risk of stroke, coronary heart disease, depression and other life-threatening conditions can be reduced through regular outdoor walking in groups, according to research from the University of ...

(BMJ-British Medical Journal) Benefits include reductions in blood pressure, body fat, total cholesterol and depression risk.