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(RIKEN) Scientists from RIKEN in Japan have discovered that acrolein -- a toxic substance produced in cells during times of oxidative stress -- in fact may play a role in preventing the process of fibrillation, an abnorm...

Statins may actually go beyond their function as cholesterol drugs and help stop ER-positive breast cancer from returning, according to the findings of an early-stage study in the UK.

Autoimmune Citizen Science is an app to help people with autoimmune diseases track their symptoms, lab tests, and treatments in order to see what's working and what isn't. Individual data is aggregated in order to see wh...

Researchers analyzed Google Trends data to study chickenpox incidence worldwide and the impact of the chickenpox vaccine. Countries with mandated immunization appeared to have lost their seasonal epidemics.

Researchers have long known that sex hormones such as estrogen play a role in migraine. But there's been little research on how that works. Do women with migraine have higher estrogen levels in general? Higher levels at ...

Scientists at the University of Liverpool have discovered that muscle cells affected by muscular dystrophy contain high levels of an enzyme that impairs muscle repair. This finding provides a new target for potential dru...

Researchers have developed an integrated, wearable system that monitors a user's environment, heart rate and other physical attributes with the goal of predicting and preventing asthma attacks. The researchers plan to be...

Scientists at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health have proven that multiple sclerosis (MS) can be caused by a single genetic mutation - a rare alteration in DNA that makes it very likely a per...

In the face of stress, our body diverts metabolic resources to its emergency response. It has been thought that the sympathetic nervous system - the body's instinctive system for reacting to stress - directs this activit...

A General Mills flour recall is ongoing after some of its 10 million pounds of flour has been linked to a multi-state E.coli outbreak that sickened 38 people dating back to December.

A woman from Honduras who is infected with Zika delivered a baby with birth defects linked to the virus. The premature baby was born with severe microcephaly as well as visual and intestinal problems.

UVA researchers have identified compounds that could lead to the first antidote for potentially deadly radiation exposure Research was spurred by government concern about terror attacks and nuclear accidents For people e...

BioMarin will no longer continue developing Kyndrisa after reports of negative reviews by the European Medicines Agency surfaced. The biotech company, however, will pursue next generation antisense oligonucleotides resea...

The World Health Organization said there is no need to cancel or postpone the Rio Olympics in Brazil as it will not have any significant bearing in the international spread of the disease.

According to researchers, a new gene associated with multiple sclerosis has been discovered. The discovery offers the possibility of determining individual risk for the disease.

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