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News To date, examining patient tissue samples has meant cutting them into thin slices for histological analysis. This might now be set to change--thanks to ... Contributed Author: Technical University of Munich

News A new technique developed by neuroscientists at the University of Toronto Scarborough can, for the first time, reconstruct images of ... Contributed Author: University of Toronto

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A YouTuber who claimed that a raw vegan diet cured her cancer and homosexuality died. She ran her YouTube channel along with her niece, the channel is called Liz & Mari.

For all its precise helical structure, the DNA inside our cells is a mess. When a cell isn't preparing for the process of splitting itself in two, our DNA lies in a massive tangle inside the cell nucleus; a strand more t...

Following the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the Florida House of Representatives declined a gun control bill. Instead it opted to declare pornography a public health risk.

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A woman told doctors that she had been suffering from a bloated stomach for three years. The discomfort was discovered to be caused by surgical sponges that were left inside her body during a previous caesarian section o...

The largest study on the effectiveness of antidepressants has just been published, showing that they do work on treating major depressive disorders. However, depression remains a mystery.

Induced pluripotent stem cells can train the body's immune system to attack or prevent the development of tumors. Researchers found that tumors in vaccinated mice shrank and completely rejected cancer cells.

Most Americans are addicted to drinking soda every day. A new study has found that drinking one soda a day can cause an increased risk of cancer. Here's everything you need to know.

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) The wetlands in and around Chicago are overwhelmingly invaded by non-native plants, according to a new study by University of Illinois...

(Children's Hospital of Philadelphia) Researchers studying a rare genetic disorder that causes severe, progressive neurological problems in childhood have discovered insights into biological mechanisms that drive the dis...

(Elsevier) Preschool is a critical period for children to begin to make their own dietary decisions to develop life-long healthy eating habits. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior fou...

(Max-Planck-Gesellschaft) Determining the three dimensional structure of the protein could help to develop new treatments of Huntington's disease.

(Indiana University) Beetroot juice supplements may help enhance exercise capacity in patients with heart failure, according to a new proof-of-concept study. Exercise capacity is a key factor linked to these patients' qu...

(University of British Columbia) One of the rarest of immune cells, Type-2 innate lympoid cells might be a potent weapon in slowing the spread of cancer to other parts of the body. Though known primarily for their role i...

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) A new clinical trial at the University of Michigan is testing a catheter-based approach to treating mitral valve regurgitation, providing a faster procedure with a shorter rec...

(Rockefeller University) Scientists identified mutations in a single gene that impair immunity to viruses in a region of the brain called the brain stem.

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) 55 patients representing 17 cancer types tested positive for TRK fusion and were treated with larotrectinib. Overall response rate was 75 percent.

(National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)) LinkedIn: Chinese Hamster Ovary cells, known as CHO, play an important role in modern medicine. NIST's new CHO peptide library will enable better production of trea...