Scientists have discovered the use of a simple single-celled amoeba to understand the function of human proteins in causing Alzheimer's disease. The new ...

Back in the Middle Ages, Central Europeans were already capable of digesting milk, yoghurt and cheese just as well as us today. Researchers at the University of Zurich's Centre for ...

A study of interpretations of anti-social behaviour (ASB) found a significant gap between the views of different age groups - with older people more likely than younger people to interpret ...

Bremerhaven/Germany, 24 January 2014. In spring 2010, ...

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — In 2009, a borehole drilled at Krafla, ...

AMHERST, Mass. – Introducing a new approach that combines evolutionary and engineering analyses to identify the targets of natural selection, researchers ...

Various microstructures including straight filaments, layer-by-layer ...

Using a novel high-throughput screening process, scientists have for the first time identified molecules with the potential to block the accumulation of a toxic eye protein that ...

Philadelphia, Pa. (January 23, 2014) – Independent evaluators have found that measurable ...

The Annals of the American Thoracic Society has released a comprehensive supplement on the 56th annual Thomas L. Petty Aspen Lung Conference entitled "The Lung Microbiome: A New Frontier in Pulmonary Medicine." ...

NEW YORK, NY (January 23, 2014) — Survivors of breast cancer have a one in ...

Scientists at Johns Hopkins report they have figured out a key step in how "free" calcium — the kind not contained in bones — is managed in the body, a finding that could aid in the development of ...

TORONTO, ON – A University of Toronto report based on two neural imaging studies that monitored brain activity has found individuals are more satisfied to get a reward from telling the truth rather ...

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Jan-2014 [ | E-mail ] var addthis_pub="eurekalert"; var addthis_options = "favorites, delicious, digg, facebook, twitter, google, newsvine, reddit, slashdot, stumbleupon, buzz, more" Share Contact: Diana Lutz dlutz@wustl.edu 314-935-5272 Washington University in St. Louis Happy 10th anniversary Opportunity! Whirlwind tour of the past 10 years of adventures and discoveries by mission scientist Ray Arvidson VIDEO: Ray Arvidson, deputy ...

Many individuals with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) also experience depression. Researchers at Case Western Reserve University found that during PTSD treatments, ...

BOSTON (01/23/14)—A young athlete in seemingly excellent health dies suddenly from a previously ...

Baltimore, MD—Exposure to environmental endocrine disrupters, such as bisphenol A, which mimic estrogen, is associated with adverse health effects. Bisphenol A is commonly found in plastic bottles ...

In laboratory experiments conducted on human cell lines at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, scientists have shown that people carrying certain mutations in two hereditary ...

BOSTON – Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have developed a mathematical model to predict how a patient's tumor is likely to behave and which of several possible treatments is most likely to be ...

Investigators at Johns Hopkins report they have developed human induced-pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) capable of repairing damaged retinal vascular tissue in mice. The stem cells, derived from human ...

(Lebanon, NH 1/22/14) — A scientific breakthrough may give the field of radiation oncology new tools ...

A team of scientists, led by principal investigator David D. Schlaepfer, PhD, a professor in the Department of Reproductive Medicine at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has found that a protein ...

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New York, NY, January 23, 2014 – A new study published in the Journal ...

BOSTON (Jan. 24, 2014) — Researchers from Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, ...