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Could a pill or a squirt up your nose save your marriage? Maybe, according to a researcher who is studying the chemical basis of that most elusive of emotions -- love.

A study by researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that the seven- to eight-fold increase in the number children born in California with autism since 1990 cannot be explained by either changes ...

A study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, and the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute has found that an oral drug therapy, called fenobam, shows promising results and could be an effective new ...

The issue covers major trends in the field of complex psychiatric genetics, underscoring how genetic studies of ADHD have evolved, and what approaches are needed to uncover its genetic origins.

The molecular details of Aromatase, the key enzyme required for the body to make estrogen, are no longer a mystery thanks to the structural biology work done by the Ghosh lab at the Hauptman-Woodward Medical ...

A protein known to play a role in development and the formation of organs is also an important factor in the control of obesity and diabetes, said researchers from Baylor College of Medicine in a report that ...

In the largest study of its kind, researchers have shown that the risk of autism increases for firstborn children and children of older parents.

Stem cells are the body's primal cells, retaining the youthful ability to develop into more specialized types of cells over many cycles of cell division.

It's a little like finding out that Superman is actually Clark Kent. A team of biologists at Washington University in St.

Mutation of a gene that helps proteins migrate in and out of the cell's genetic command center - the nucleus - puts some families at higher risk for the degenerative brain disease acute necrotizing ...

Do Carmo and her collaborators have successfully demonstrated the protective and reparative role of apolipoprotein D, or ApoD, in neurodegenerative diseases.

Wheat-based infant follow-on formulas are better reconstituted with fruit juice and should be stored in the fridge at 4 C to prevent growth of meningitis bacteria, according to recent research.

Researchers from Case Western Reserve University and Yale University have made a significant advancement in understanding the cause behind why some pregnant women suffer from inflammations in the inner womb ...

Mind game where players guide ball through hoops using brainwaves unveiled Mattel, the worlds largest toy manufacturer and makers of the Barbie doll, has developed a mind game where players guide a ball through ...

A team of researchers at Princeton University and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey has identified a long-sought gene that is fatefully switched on in 30 to 40 percent of all breast cancer patients, spreading ...

Galapagos NV announced today that it has successfully achieved a pre-clinical candidate drug in its osteoarthritis alliance with GlaxoSmithKline .

A new study reveals that the metadherin gene plays a role in both cancer metastasis and resistance to chemotherapy.

When researchers look inside human cancer cells for the whereabouts of an important tumor-suppressor, they often catch the protein playing hooky, lolling around in cellular broth instead of muscling its way out ...

An international team led by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis.

Are you one of the lucky ones who noticed gray strands in your teens or twenties? Are you wondering why you are dealing with gray hair so early in life? Gender and ethnicity play a part in the graying of hair, ...