The George Washington University's Brian Richmond and team of researchers say chimps use 2 legs to reach and carry scarce resources WASHINGTON—Most of us walk and carry items in our ...

CELL COMMUNICATION Within all our cells lies two meters of DNA, highly ordered in a structure of less than 10 micro meters in diameter. Special proteins called histones act as small ...

In the past 10 years, the number of tools available to treat cancer has increased, as has our understanding of what makes some cancers tick. The standard old-time cancer treatments ...

Objective— Deleted in malignant brain tumors 1 (DMBT1) belongs to the scavenger receptor cysteine-rich superfamily of proteins and is implicated in innate immunity, cell polarity, and ...

Although the study was done in rats, scientists suggest the findings could help explain why many users of the therapy report health benefits Washington, DC -- Acupuncture significantly reduces ...

Rainfalls are suspected to trigger the spread of a multitude of foliar (leaf) diseases, which could be devastating for agriculture and forestry. Instead of focusing on the large-scale, ...

New research into evolutionary psychology suggests that physical stature affects our preferences in political leadership. The paper, published in Social Science Quarterly, reveals that a ...

DNA construction, also known as DNA cloning or recombinant DNA technology – among a host of other terms – is one of the principal tools of modern biotechnology, used for a wide variety ...

A new study finds that pregnant women in Northern California have the highest PBDE flame retardant exposures reported to date among pregnant women worldwide. It also describes some of the ...

Breeding crops with roots a metre deeper in the ground could lower atmospheric CO2 levels dramatically, with significant environmental benefits, according to research by a leading University of ...

Científicos en Glasgow, Escocia, desarrollaron un análisis para medir el envejecimiento celular en el ADN y los resultados confirman que los factores socioeconómicos en que ...

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Adeno-associated virus type 1/sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+-ATPase was assessed in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study in patients with advanced ...