Rock your baby in sync with music and you may wonder how the experience affects her and her developing brain.
A new study by scientists at the University of Washington's Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences (I-LABS) shows that a...
This image shows a black cartridge containing a paper-based diagnostic for detecting the Zika virus is held up by a researcher at Harvard's Wyss Institute. Areas that have turned purple indicate samples infected with Zika, while yellow areas indicate...
For the first time, scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine have developed a technology allowing them to "see" single molecules of messenger RNA as they are translated into proteins in living mammalian cells. Initial findings using this technology...
In a 3-D brain model, Zika virus activates immune receptor TLR3, which in turn inhibits brain cell development and survival, causing the organoids to shrink -- an effect reminiscent of microcephaly.Credit: UC San Diego Health
The U.S. Centers for Disease...
Climate change may be accelerating rates of chronic kidney disease caused by dehydration and heat stress, according to research appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (CJASN). The findings suggest that...
Lymph node follicles (top) and the intestinal worm Heligmosomoides polygyrus bakeri (bottom).Credit: © N. Harris (EPFL)
In order to fight invading pathogens, the immune system uses "outposts" throughout the body, called lymph nodes. These are small, centimeter-long organs that filter...
A review of large-scale studies involving more than 1.5 million people found all-cause mortality is higher for those who eat meat, particularly red or processed meat, on a daily basis. Conducted by physicians from Mayo Clinic in Arizona, "Is...
A new diet, appropriately known by the acronym MIND, could significantly lower a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, even if the diet is not meticulously followed, according to a paper published online for subscribers in March in the...
Hepatitis C now kills more people in the United States than every other infectious disease combined, according to new government data.
New data shows hepatitis C killed nearly 20,000 people in 2014. Even more worrying for doctors is that an...
Glioblastoma density maps reveal that glioblastoma tend to occur in proximity to the subventricular zone.Credit: UC San Diego Health
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine have demonstrated that distinct types of glioblastoma, the most common form...
A new study suggests there may be an overlap between rare genetic variations linked to bipolar disorder (BD) and those implicated in schizophrenia and autism.
The study, by researchers at the University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Johns Hopkins...
