Like weeds that grow back if you don’t remove the roots, cancer can keep returning thanks to lurking stem cells. Now, researchers have developed a “designer”...
For many, exercise is a means to an end, namely better health – and in a perfect world, perhaps there would be a way to skip...
A breakthrough study from a team of neurologists at Stanford University claims to have discovered one way immune cells become dysfunctional as we age, leading to...
A woman smokes at the Kinari Bazaar in Agra, Uttar Pradesh. Image credit: donyanedomam / 123rf Research into interplay between COVID-19 and smoking conducted by the...
Scientists have discovered how bacteria commonly responsible for seafood-related stomach upsets can go dormant and then “wake up”. Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a marine bacterium that can...
January 20, 2021 – Plant breeders are constantly working to develop new bean varieties to meet the needs and desires of the food industry. But not...
Image credit: Puwadol Jaturawutthichai / 123rf The pandemic witnessed a steep drop in the number of cardiology assessments, according to the recently-published results of a survey. ...
Australian scientists have developed and validated a world-first test that is claimed to accurately measure levels of a brain protein known to be associated with depression...
A mask painted by a U.S. Marine during art therapy to relieve PTSD symptoms. Image credit: English: Cpl. Andrew Johnston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons “This...
A pair of newly published studies from scientists at University College London are offering novel insights into how the neurodegeneration associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) leads...