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Gut bugs can change the way our brains work, offering new ways to relieve problems like stress, anxiety and depression, say John Cryan and Timothy Dinan     

Researchers have discovered a potential treatment for a viral infection that causes potentially fatal brain swelling and paralysis in children. The findings also point to possible treatments for related viruses including...

Spontaneous transformation of human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells has been observed during long-term expansion in cell culture, although it is rare. Engrafting these transformed cells into immunodeficient mice leads to ...

Scientific interest in a particular group of vesicles called exosomes has accelerated in recent years, including an increase in study of the potential clinical applications of these specialized structures.

Investigators have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer, including important genes and pathways that are disrupted in the disease.

It's no easy task to quit smoking and the lure of an e-cigarette, which claims to mimic the smoking experience without the harmful chemicals, seems a dream come true for many smokers. However, that dream, according to re...

Long-term (five-year) outcomes of breast cancer patients receiving adjuvant accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) after breast-conserving surgery show excellent tumor control and breast cosmesis (cosmetic outcome...

Standard external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) provided a higher breast preservation rate than brachytherapy in women age 66 and older with invasive breast cancer, according to a study published.

Fewer than one in two children and young adults treated for anxiety achieve long-term relief from symptoms, according to the findings of a study.

Dormant prostate cancer cells in bone tissue can be reawakened to cause secondary tumors, according to new research. Targeting the wake-up call could prevent metastasis and improve prostate cancer survival rates.

Preliminary results of a small clinical trial show that a vaccine used to treat women with high-grade precancerous cervical lesions triggers an immune cell response within the damaged tissue itself. The scientists who co...

A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach for analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia shows that more than 20 percent o...

Remnants of Neanderthal DNA in modern humans are associated with genes affecting type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease, lupus, biliary cirrhosis and smoking behavior. They also concentrate in genes that influence skin and hai...

Economic and health system reforms in China have dramatically reduced the number of traditional hospital nursing jobs. Now, more than half of nursing posts in many Chinese hospitals are now filled with contract-based nur...

Bladder and lung cancers are marked by shared differences in the genetics that control the cell cycle, with diagnostic, prognostic and treatment implications, research indicates.

Previous studies have shown that breast cancer survivors who meet the current exercise recommendations (2.5 hours of moderate intensity physical activity per week) are at 25 percent lower risk for dying from breast cance...

We've all heard about circadian rhythm, the roughly 24-hour oscillations of biological processes that occur in many living organisms. Yet for all its influence in many aspects of our lives -- from sleep to immunity and, ...

The common skin growth called a skin tag, or acrochordon, usually develops in folds of skin and causes little to no harm. Still, these growths can be irritating, and doctors can easily remove them.

(Phys.org) --Piezoelectrics--materials that can change mechanical stress to electricity and back again--are everywhere in modern life. Computer hard drives. Loud speakers. Medical ultrasound. Sonar. Though piezoelectrics...

The Super Bowl is this weekend. There will be tackling, chip dip, beer, and other stuff. It will be really damn cold, probably. (You should come! It'll be fun.) Also present, for the first year, will be FOX WEATHER TRAX ...

Apparently rats raised at Disney aren't prepared for the real world. A new study warns that Florida's efforts to breed endangered Key Largo woodrats in captivity are doomed.

The first sighting of wind from a young solar twin suggests that our sun was a weakling in its youth, which might have allowed Mars to play host to water