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(Emory Health Sciences) 3q29 deletion syndrome is a strong risk factor for both schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorder. People with the rare condition have a distinct neuropsychiatric profile, researchers found.

(UT Southwestern Medical Center) With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing approaching, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers are publishing heart-related space research that helps us to understand the...

(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology) Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology have published a review on serial femtosecond crystallography, one of the most promising methods for analyzing ...

(University of California - Davis Health) A team of UC Davis Health scientists and physicians has identified a cellular connection between diabetes and one of its major complications -- blood vessel narrowing that increa...

(University of Tsukuba) Hearing loss has a profound impact on older people, as it can lead to anxiety, restricted activity, and perhaps even cognitive decline and dementia. Research in Japan led by the University of Tsuk...

(University of Göttingen) Healthcare in low- and middle-income countries is poorly prepared for the increasing number of high blood pressure (ie hypertension) disorders. More than two-thirds of all people affected go wi...

(American Thoracic Society) Patients with cystic fibrosis who take ivacaftor appear to have fewer respiratory infections over time than those not taking the drug, according to new research published online in the Annals ...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) Music is a viable alternative to sedative medications in reducing patient anxiety prior to a peripheral nerve block procedure, according to a new Penn Medicine study. Patie...

(NIH/National Human Genome Research Institute) Researchers at NHGRI have performed the largest GWAS study on type 2 diabetes in the sub-Saharan African populations, revealing an association between the disease and previo...

(Vanderbilt University Medical Center) The research led by Jordan Everson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy at Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), finds striking differences in use o...

(Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) Researchers at the University of Illinois and University of California, Los Angeles described a novel biochemical strategy used by...

(Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health) A significant jump in preterm births to Latina mothers living in the U.S. occurred in the nine months following the November 8, 2016 election of President Dona...

(Murdoch Childrens Research Institute) Offering children a wide variety and large quantities of snack food encourages them to eat more - and may contribute to weight problems, a new study has found.The research, led by t...

(University of Virginia Health System) A young scientist's pioneering work with probiotics could lead to a new industry of "microbreweries" custom-blending microbes to battle disease and benefit human health.

(Veterans Affairs Research Communications) A study that looked at data on more than 900,000 VA patients showed that elevated blood glucose levels detected in routine outpatient tests, though well below diagnostic thresho...

(Lund University) More than half of our genome consists of transposons, DNA sequences that are reminiscent of ancient, extinct viruses. Transposons are normally silenced by a process known as DNA methylation, but their a...

(University of Malaga) A research team of the University of Malaga (UMA) in the area of Medicine and Psychology has analyzed for the first time the effect of the type of delivery on twins' psychological development and i...

(University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine) As cells age, their ability to shed harmful refuse declines. New research suggests that the deterioration of autophagy in aged neurons could be a risk factor for a suite of...

(University of Bonn) It is with boundless joy and pride that the University of Bonn has received the decision of the Excellence Commission to grant the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn the status of a Univ...

(Hokkaido University) The Turkestan cockroach (commonly known as the red runner roach or rusty red roach), which is popular as food for pet reptiles, has an interneuron extremely sensitive to sex pheromones emitted by Am...

(Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine) Researchers at LSTM have taken significant steps in understanding the way that the anti-malarial drug primaquine (PQ) works, which they hope will lead to the development of new, sa...

(Bentham Science Publishers) The book, Sex Steroids and Apoptosis In Skeletal Muscle: Molecular Mechanisms, provides a new way to perceive the role of sex hormones in skeletal muscle physiology. The contributors highligh...