In the largest-ever study of its kind, researchers combined genomic data from nearly 900,000 patients and healthy individuals to identify commonalities among 10 mental illnesses.
A new study shows that the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients have a greater viral load, while another study in mice finds infection leads to amyloid-β build up.
The stem cell–derived transplants were stable for 24 months and led to wide-ranging behavioral improvements in the monkeys.
What we can know about biology before the last universal common ancestor is limited—and we should be circumspect in filling in the gaps.
The primate was famous for her ability to communicate with humans.
Celeste Kidd and Steven Piantadosi had sued the university over its handling of sexual harassment allegations made against colleague Florian Jaeger.
Scientists engineered human cells to produce a molecule that stimulates insulin secretion in the presence of caffeine.
Preliminary data from Sarepta Therapeutics has exceeded expectations, causing a surge in company stock prices this week.
Identification of new archaea species elucidates the domain’s unique biology and sheds light on its relationship to eukaryotes.
The functions of the cellular invaginations identified more than half a century ago are now beginning to be understood in detail.
A step-by-step study of diseases that jump species gives subtle clues about future epidemics.
The IoT can link up many facets of research—from laboratory equipment to ideas—but scientists must be ready for the questions its implementation could raise.
Blast off into orbit, where researchers on the International Space Station are growing plants in systems that may one day sustain astronauts traveling far across the solar system and beyond.
The discovery of copious new archaeal species is shedding light on the tree of life and revealing some unique cellular biology.
INTEGRA has expanded its popular reagent reservoir product family to include polypropylene reservoirs with enhanced chemical compatibility that perfectly complements the existing polystyrene reservoirs.
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Advanced Instruments—a leading developer of scientific and analytical instruments for the clinical, biopharmaceutical, and food-and-beverage industries—will feature the distinguished Dr. Robert Jerris at ASM Microbe 2018 on Sunday, June 10, 2018 at 10:30am in booth 1610.
Limerick, PA. April 18, 2018 – Rockland Immunochemicals, Inc. announced today that Chief Science Officer, Dr. Carl Ascoli testified at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s third of six public session on Reproducibility and Replicability in Science on April 18th.
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Todd Heatherton had groped students, according to allegations, and was facing termination.
Federal prosecutors filed criminal charges that allege the company’s promise to revolutionize blood testing swindled investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars and put patients in danger.
Acute bouts of diarrhea could have lasting effects on the microbiota and host immune system activation, a mouse study suggests.
Two different types of bacteria—one genetically engineered and one from cheese—defend animal intestines from Vibrio cholerae infection.
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