COVID-19 is only the latest infectious disease to have had an outsized impact on human life. A new study employing ancient human DNA reveals how…
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Over evolutionary time scales, a single gene may acquire different roles in diverging species. However, revealing the multiple hidden roles of a gene was not…
Glycine can stimulate or inhibit neurons in the brain, thereby controlling complex functions. Unraveling the three-dimensional structure of the glycine transporter, researchers have now come…
Preventive Medicine published a supplement devoted to worldwide elimination of cervical cancer. Patients with cancer have a high rate of suicide, and a new study…
Presentation A 56-year-old woman asked her doctor about a change she noticed in her nails over the last few months. They had turned white about…
The Minnesota Nursing Board has dropped its investigation of Cliff Willmeng, RN, the Minneapolis nurse and former union steward fired early in the pandemic for…
COVID-19 patients treated in a randomized trial with the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin did no better than a placebo group, Colombian researchers said. Median time to…
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) were at risk for long-term poor outcomes after myocardial infarction (MI), Finnish researchers found. The cumulative all-cause mortality during 14…
Black and Hispanic children have a higher risk for developing food allergies compared with white children, and studies suggest they may also have a significantly…
Enlarge this image Kevin Chen, an assistant professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, envisions a time when his insect-sized drone could be used as…