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A US company has deleted the genes for the allergy-causing protein in cat cells as a first step towards creating cats that don't trigger allergies

Researchers reveal the role corticotropin-releasing factor produced by neurons plays in alcohol withdrawal symptoms.

Relativity is one of the most famous scientific theories of the 20th century, but how well does it explain the things we see in our daily lives?

In older adults, depression occurs independently of inflammation, a new study reports. However, the depression-inflammation link is a result of greater incidences of inflammatory disorders, like arthritis, which become m...

Young people with higher risk factors for developing bipolar disorder have weakened connections in key brain areas during late adolescence.

Those with the fastest rate of growth of the amygdala had the most severe symptoms of autism.

With three cleaning modes and a sleek design, the Spotlight Oral Care Sonic Toothbrush is great for those who want a powerful electric toothbrush with no fuss

Paternal metformin use may increase the risk of birth defects.

Stimulating a part of the auditory cortex called the planum temporale improved speech perception, researchers report.

Researchers have helped identify that a common protein found in neurodegenerative diseases forms amyloid filaments in an age-dependent manner without a connection to disease.

Physicists know about the huge chasm between quantum physics and the theory of gravity. However, in recent decades, theoretical physics has provided some plausible conjecture to bridge this gap and to describe the behavi...

Stress-linked changes in the activity of genes may be why Black people in the US often have worse chronic pain than white people

Numerous studies have shown that spirituality can help improve quality of life for people with chronic diseases like cancer. According to a literature review, spirituality can also have a positive impact on quality of li...

Lack of access to health care, social determinants of health, preexisting comorbidities and reduced access to clinical research are common to both cancer and COVID-19 in Black individuals. Together these two diseases cre...

In a potential paradigm change for sepsis diagnostics, a new test predicted sepsis soon after infection in mice -- well before blood clotting and organ failure -- enabling early antibiotic treatment and markedly increase...

Using new simulations, researchers discovered one part of RNA smoothly invades and displaces another part of the same RNA, enabling the structure to rapidly and dramatically change shape. Called strand displacement, this...

A significant amount of genetic risk for asthma is likely mediated through altered gene expression within the airway epithelium. That is the conclusion of a new study to identify genetic variants that cause asthma by alt...

Researchers have shown a new compound delivered in a nasal spray is highly effective in preventing and treating COVID-19 caused by the Delta variant in mice. The researchers believe this is the first treatment of its kin...

The apostles followed Jesus and after his crucifixion went their separate ways, helping to found the early Christian church, taking their stories to distant lands.

Archaeologists have discovered a burial mound in the Siberian "Valley of the Kings."

A device made from glass microbeads could offer 100 times more processing power than other DNA computers

Squids' stretchy skin changes colour in response to varying light levels, inspiring scientists to create a plastic that changes its heat absorption when stretched