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The taste and color of your wine depends on the methods used to produce it and the chemicals added during production, says research published in Analytical Chemistry Research. The researchers behind the study say wine bo...

A new study indicates that vaccinating 12-year-old boys against the humanpapilloma virus (HPV) may be a cost-effective strategy for preventing oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer, a cancer that starts at the back of the t...

(Johns Hopkins Medicine) Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have transformed skin cells from patients with Lou Gehrig's disease, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), into brain cells affected by the progressive, fa...

(Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncologicas (CNIO)) In response to nutrient excess, the MCRS1 protein acts as a 'switch' for mTOR, a protein that is altered in cancer, diabetes and disorders associated with aging. Th...

(Carnegie Mellon University) At the cellular level, pain and pain relief are caused by two different signaling pathways. But the two pathways aren't necessarily independent of one another, according to a study published ...

(Worcester Polytechnic Institute) An advanced smartphone application developed at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) to help diabetics better manage their weight and blood sugar and assess the status of chronic foot u...

(University College London) The human immune system can handle large bursts of HIV activity and so it should be possible to cure HIV with a 'kick and kill' strategy, finds new research led by UCL, the University of Oxfor...

(University of Leicester) University of Leicester academic looks at historical sources about Richard's physique and posthumous reputation in new paper.

(European Society for Medical Oncology) The European Society for Medical Oncology and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer have announced the first Heine H. Hansen Award recipient as Pieter Postmus....

(Brown University) Researchers at Brown and the University of Rhode Island have demonstrated what could become a more precise method for targeting cancer cells for radiation. The method would use cancer-seeking peptides ...

(Wiley) A new study indicates that vaccinating 12-year-old boys against the humanpapilloma virus may be a cost-effective strategy for preventing oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer, a cancer that starts at the back of the...

(Weizmann Institute of Science) Weizmann Institute research gets mouse heart cells to take a step backwards so they can be renewed.

(Weizmann Institute of Science) It may come as a bit of a surprise to learn that bacteria have an immune system -- in their case to fight off invasive viruses called phages. And like any immune system -- from single-cell...

(Academy of Finland) Low weight at birth increased the risk of disability pension among men, reveals a new Finnish study published in the PLoS One. Around 20 percent of the cohort members born in 1934-44 retired on a dis...

(Mayo Clinic) When people learn they have a lesion in their pancreas that could become pancreatic cancer, they often request frequent CT scans and biopsies, or surgery. Often the lesion is nothing to worry about. A team ...

(Oregon State University) Researchers have discovered how vitamin E deficiency may cause neurological damage by interrupting a supply line of specific nutrients and robbing the brain of the 'building blocks' it needs to ...

(St. Michael's Hospital) Trauma resuscitation teams should map out mental blueprints and communicate their strategy to all team members involved in caring for patients, a new study suggests.

(H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute) offitt Cancer Center researchers have developed a new method to identify a previously unknown structure in a protein called MDMX. MDMX is a crucial regulatory protein t...

(Saint Louis University) The study cast doubts on the popular idea that salt consumption can help endurance athletes during competition.

(NIH/National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, researchers at the National Institutes of Health are actively working with Gulf region community partner...

(NIH/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) NIH and the South African Medical Research Council are awarding 31 grants to US and South African scientists to support research targeting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosi...

(New York University) One in 10 high school seniors have used hashish, a highly potent form of marijuana. Teens self-described as 'hooked' on pot were twice as likely to use hashish.