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(University of Tsukuba) Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have shown by in vitro experimentation that changes of glycans in mouse epidermal stem cells may serve as a biomarker of aging. Further, by overexpressio...

(University of Tokyo) Tastier pork comes from pigs that eat the barley left over after making the Japanese liquor shochu. A team of professional brewers and academic farmers state that nutrients in the leftover fermented...

(American Association for the Advancement of Science) A new analysis of SARS-CoV-2 transmission data in China shows that faster identification and isolation of infected, symptomatic individuals contributed to the shorten...

(The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo) A research team working at The University of Tokyo and Kyoto University in Japan has announced that they have successfully identified specific target sites for ...

Cases of the plague are nothing new -- and are unlikely to ever cause a widespread epidemic like the Black Death.

White noise may be able to mask noise pollution, but researchers are still searching for answers about how it might impact your quality of sleep.

(University of Colorado Denver) Since the outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, the United States has seen a surge of Asian Americans reporting racially motivated hate crimes. Earlier this month, University of Colorado D...

(Colorado State University) A new study out of Colorado State University has found that physical stress in one's job may be associated with faster brain aging and poorer memory.

(eLife ) Scientists have revealed a key factor that influences whether malignant cells will grow to form a tumour, in a new study published today in eLife.

(Ohio State University) Despite the political tensions between the United States and China, scientists in the two countries are working together more than ever to study the COVID-19 virus, a new study suggests.Researcher...

(Washington University School of Medicine) Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have created a virus in the lab that infects cells and interacts with antibodies just like the COVID-19 viru...

(University of California - Los Angeles Health Sciences) A study by UCLA researchers shows that in people with mild cases of COVID-19, antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 -- the virus that causes the disease -- drop sharply ov...

(University of California - Riverside) Cancer researcher Adam Godzik, an expert on big data analysis and computational biology, has been named the Bruce D. and Nancy B. Varner Presidential Endowed Chair in Cancer Researc...

(University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus) Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have won a grant to study why many infected with Covid-19 lose their sense of smell.

(University of Sheffield) An international team of scientists has developed a novel genetic measure that could dramatically improve how doctors assess the risk of sustaining a fracture due to osteoporosis or fragility

(Brigham and Women's Hospital) In a paper published in Science Translational Medicine, researchers illuminate the underlying biological pathways that may lead to vessel destruction in pulmonary arterial hypertension. The...

(American Cancer Society) The American Cancer Society and Emerson Collective have launched a partnership to support innovative, collaborative research projects using TheoryLab®, the American Cancer Society's online plat...

(Huntsman Cancer Institute) The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has renewed the designation of Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah (U of U) as a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the highest federal rank...

(University of California - San Francisco) Amid the COVID-19 chaos in many hospitals, emergency medicine physicians in seven cities around the country experienced rising levels of anxiety and emotional exhaustion, regard...

(Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry) New research, published in Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, sheds light on the effects the synthetic estrogens commonly found in birth control pills have on leec...

(Fundação de Amparo Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) When tested in vitro, arsenic trioxide killed tumor cells and prevented the formation of new colonies. This leukemia drug also boosted the effect of radiation thera...

(Flinders University) With the lure of online gambling high during COVID-19 lockdowns - and some gambling venues now reopening - partners and families of problem gamblers may be the first to see a problem emerging. Many ...