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Direct-to-consumer DNA testing kits shouldn't be treated as diagnostic tools. A new study claims to have found that these kits have a 40 percent false positive rate, indicating the importance of having raw DNA data prope...

Pfizer announced its plan to manufacture another miracle drug like Viagra to boost sales and hopefully make its way out of financial constraints. This year, the company slashed off its R&D budget, way lower than its riva...

The Condom Challenge is the latest stupid internet craze that is sweeping through teens on social media. The so-called challenge requires you to inhale a condom up your nostril, and then pull it through your throat and o...

A commonly used anti-parasite drug could be the next weapon in the fight against malaria. Researchers from Kenya and the United Kingdom report that dosing people with ivermectin, commonly used in heartworm pills, makes t...

A paper that claimed that the gene-editing software CRISPR is dangerous retracted its claims that caused panic. The software is seen as a major stepping stone in fighting diseases.

News With a gelling agent commonly used in preparing pastries, researchers from the Inspired Nanomaterials and Tissue Engineering Laboratory have successfully fabricated an injectable bandage to stop bleeding and ... Con...

Article Researchers have developed a new imaging agent that could help guide and assess treatments for people with various neurological diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and multiple sclerosis. The agent, whi...

News A University of Maryland (UMD) researcher has uncovered a mechanism by which the bacteria that causes Lyme disease persists in the body and fights your early, innate immune responses. Dr. Utpal Pal ... Contributed A...

Previous studies have shown that restricting the caloric intake of different animals can make them live longer. Now a new study has been released saying that restricting calories for humans can also slow down their aging...

News he global therapeutic respiratory devices market is anticipated to reach USD 18.0 billion by 2025, according to a new report by Grand View Research, Inc. Growing geriatric population base, rising prevalence of respi...

Article Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) -led research reveals role of signaling pathway in development of dysregulated immune cells capable of inducing inflammation in the colon... Contributed Author: TOKYO ME...

News A new paper in Bioorganic & Medicinal Chemistry Letters talks about the mechanism of influence of methanofullerenoles on hyperpolarized mitochondria. The joint team proved that water-soluble polyol-methanofullerenes...

Even when new regulations have been passed, U.S. physicians are still prescribing too many antibiotic medications for sinus infections. This puts patients at risk of side effects and drug resistance.

(New York University) Adults with diabetes are less likely to visit the dentist than people with prediabetes or without diabetes, finds a new study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers College of Nursing and East Caroli...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) The composition of bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract may hold clues to help predict which cancer patients are most apt to benefit from the personalized cellular therap...

(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) Researchers from MIPT and several US and Chinese universities have solved the structure of one of the most important nervous system proteins in complex with a number of drug m...

(Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center) A new function of a colon cancer gene has been found to bring several activators of this disease to a halt. This discovery changes long-held views on exactly how this key gene acts, a...

(Lehigh University) Researchers have found that when a person rates their current mental health as 'positive' despite meeting criteria for a mental health problem, it can predict good mental health in the future, even wi...

(University of Toronto) University of Toronto researchers developed a liquid biopsy technology to improve prostate cancer treatment.

(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A new study of the effects of spaceflight on the development of heart cells identified changes in calcium signaling that could be used to develop stem cell-based therapie...

(University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences) With feed costs and the worldwide demand for meat growing, livestock producers are increasingly turning to co-products from the ethano...

(University of Iowa) A new study from a University of Iowa-led research team finds that women who are considering pregnancy would benefit from greater fitness. Using 25 years of data on pre-pregnant women, the researcher...