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A new peptide is being developed and tested with hopes that it will lead to better treatment options for familial hypercholesterolemia. There are two forms of FH: heterozygous FH (HeFH) and homozygous HoFH, which is the most serious type of FH. If untreated, HoFH often causes heart disease in the early teen years and sometimes even in early childhood.

In a publication by the journal Environmental Science and Technology, researchers have called on U.S. federal agencies to fund studies that will gather essential environmental data from the legal cultivation farms and facilities.

DNA, the stuff of life, may very well also pack quite the jolt for engineers trying to advance the development of tiny, low-cost electronic devices.

First observed in the 1920's, the "WarBurg Effect" is of fundamental importance to the development of aggressive tumors.

In silico predictive toxicogenomic models of species-specific differences between rat and humans from genome-scale reconstructions (GENREs).

Exposure to pesticides and pollutants not just the dosage significantly affects the levels of toxicity for surrounding wildlife.

Sequence of exposure to pesticides and pollutants affects levels of toxicity for wildlife.

University at Buffalo researchers describe how synthetic chemicals commonly found in insecticides alter sleep-wake patterns.

Insight into honey bee origins could be useful for breeding bees resistant to disease or pesticides.

Study opens the way for new approaches to treating the currently untreatable and deadly neurodegenerative disease.

Unfortunately, only 25% of patients respond to sorafenib treatment, so researchers have endeavored to understand its mechanism of action and discover a way to boost its effectiveness.