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Research in mice shows that a pharmacological strategy can alleviate multiple behavioral and cellular deficiencies in a mouse model of fragile X syndrome (FXS), the most common inherited form of intellectual disability and a major single-gene cause of autism spectrum disorders.

A mouse study that made over 100,000 measurements of body weight and fat has concluded that the sole driver of obesity in mice is increased dietary fat content.

Many cancer patients suffer from a loss of body mass known as cachexia. A new study shows that the hormone testosterone is effective at combatting cachexia in cancer patients and improving quality of life.

Integrating nursing insights to predict survival rates in the intensive care unit

New research shows that NK-cell recruitment and activation requires a rather carefully choreographed interaction of three cell types in the headquarters of the slower adaptive immune-activation: the lymph node.

Pfizer Inc. announced it will organize the company into three businesses.

A new study has shown that people who regularly eat oranges are less likely to develop macular degeneration than people who do not eat oranges.

A chemical dye that lights up brain tumours during surgery should be available to more NHS patients in England, according to the National Institute for Health and Care and Excellence (NICE).

Scientists have developed a technique that allows them to measure how well cancer drugs reach their targets inside the body. It shows individual cancer cells in a tumor in real time, revealing which cells interact with the drug and which cells the drug fails to reach.

Normal scar tissue forms to heal an internal wound and quietly retreats when the job is done. But in many common diseases the scar tissue goes rogue and strangles vital organs. These diseases are largely untreatable and ultimately fatal. A new study has newly identified a trigger of some fibrotic diseases and an experimental compound to treat it.