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Dawn Berger, a Summerville resident, spends time with her daughter, Isabelle, 3, before work.

Stress makes its mark on the female face, according to a new study that finds men judge women with high levels of a stress hormone less attractive.

In a striking, unexpected discovery, researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have determined that vitamin C kills drug-resistant tuberculosis bacteria in laboratory culture.

They found the order of coral abundance around the main Hawaiian Islands to be Porites lobata , Montipora patula , Pocillopora meandrina , Montipora capitata , Porites compressa , and Montipora flabellata .

The trees and flowers are blooming, and the temperatures are rising. Why, then, are you so miserable? If you suffer from allergies, those beautiful blooms can make spring a challenge.

Mayo Clinic researchers found out why and determined how to make the nanoparticles effective against ovarian cancer cells.

Bacteria resistant to the antibiotic colistin are also commonly resistant to antimicrobial substances made by the human body, according to a study in mBio , the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology.

In a new study described in the journal Oncogene, researchers reveal how a key player in cell growth, immunity and the inflammatory response can be transformed into a primary contributor to tumor growth.

Scientists at King's College London have discovered that vitamin D has the potential to significantly reduce the symptoms of asthma.

"We believe that we have discovered an important component of cellular immunity, one that parasites have learned to take advantage of," says Emory University biologist Todd Schlenke, whose lab led the research.

When humans and mammals lose a finger, arm, or leg, the best hope for now is advanced prosthetics, which does provide regained function.

A group of researchers from Columbia and Stanford have created a method for turning complex cellular datasets into visualizations that map the similarities between tens of thousands of cells within a tissue sample.

As scientists learn more about processing bodies , granules present within normal cells, they are unraveling the complex role PBs play in maintaining cellular homeostasis by regulating RNA metabolism and cell signaling.

In the mid-1990s, as the Human Genome Project was in full swing, scientists started thinking about the protein complement of the genome, and proteomics-the identification and characterization of all of an organism's proteins-was born.

Britain launched a research programme on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy.

Garland Science is proud to announce the publication of the much-anticipated Second Edition of The Biology of Cancer by Robert A. Weinberg.

Launch MI Lab Manager Greg Cavey, at center talking with a colleague, said his facility prevents Metabolic Solutions Development Co.

Aryn Young, a research assistant at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas and one of Burgess' former TCU students, is recording his running monologue on how the native grassland he helped create on BRIT's grounds represents the very heart of Fort Worth.

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This Editorial coincides with the release of the San Francisco declaration on research Assessment , the outcome of a gathering of concerned scientists at the December 2012 meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology.