Researchers have identified a mechanism that is critical for the survival of cells under genotoxic stress. New finding could help…
Maternal smoking during pregnancy increases risk of ADHD among offspring up to 3-fold
The higher the cotinine levels were in the mother’s blood during pregnancy, the greater was the child’s risk of developing…
New clue for cancer treatment could be hiding in microscopic molecular machine
Researchers have discovered a critical missing step in the production of proteasomes — tiny structures in a cell that dispose…
Neuroscientists discover neural mechanisms of developmental dyslexia
Neuroscientist show that people with dyslexia have a weakly developed structure that is not located in the cerebral cortex, but…
Tobacco plants transformed into ‘green bioreactors’ to benefit human health
Researchers are using tobacco plants as ‘green bioreactors’ to produce large quantities of a human protein called Interleukin 37, or…
Improved outlook for people of African descent with treatment-resistant schizophrenia
A new study means that more people of African descent who have treatment-resistant schizophrenia could be safely given the drug…
Cancer genes’ age and function strongly influence their mutational status
Researchers have provided new insight on why some genes that formed during the evolution of the earliest animals on earth…
Electronic ‘word of mouth’ useful in detecting, predicting fashion trends
According to new research, social media hashtags could be the tool fashion designers use to forecast trends in the industry…
Cancer survivors see mostly positives in how they have changed
Two years after diagnosis, breast cancer survivors have four times more positive than negative thoughts about changes they experienced because…
New insight on how the nose adapts to smells
Our noses may be able to adapt themselves to tell the brain, as efficiently as possible, about the most typical…