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Researchers have discovered that tumors disrupt the metabolism of fats and proteins to produce methylmalonic acid which drives the cancer cells to metastasize.

A study suggests that drugs already targeting noradrenaline for other diseases may be useful in treating alcohol use disorder.

Scientists have developed a promising new method to combat the age-related losses in muscle mass that often accompany immobility after injury or illness. Their technique, demonstrated in mice, arrests the process by which muscles begin to deteriorate at the onset of exercise after a period of inactivity.

A study co-authored by University of Cincinnati researcher Vesna Dominika Novak, suggests that transgender and gender diverse people may benefit from better-designed smartphone apps that offer voice and communication training software.

A novel therapy that uses exosomes secreted from cardiac cells to repair heart muscle has been shown to normalize cardiac rhythm in laboratory pigs that had experienced heart attacks.

Researchers have found that bilingualism can slow down and mitigate the course of age-related changes in the human brain.

Vertical farming will allow agriculture of the future to take place under fully controlled and automated conditions and could alleviate pressure on global food systems.

The human brain is organized in functional networks—connected brain regions that communicate with each other through dedicated pathways. That is how we perceive our senses, how the body moves, how we are able to remember the past and plan for the future

Scientists are developing a tool to determine the effects of endocrine-disrupting contaminants in wastewater without resorting to animal testing.

Scientists from the U.S., Europe and Russia are part of a team releasing the results of a large collaborative study involving the effects of long duration spaceflight on the brain. It appears in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.