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TU Dresden researchers have identified proteins that could be targeted to develop new immunotherapies against colon cancer. Their results also underline the central role of intestinal bacteria in the development of the disease.

Researchers have discovered that untreatable wounds are likely to improve when the levels of the biochemical catalyst arginase1, which is found in the skin, increase.

Findings published in advance of World Autism Day (Saturday 2 April) reveal there are fundamental similarities between autistic and non-autistic people in mental processing.

A new study by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers addresses the question of whether psychedelics might change the attribution of consciousness to a range of living and nonliving things.

A new study published in Nature Genetics identified 10 new genetic regions associated with Brugada syndrome, a cardiac arrhythmia disorder associated with sudden death in young adults.

A research team led by Northwestern University and the University of Michigan has developed a new method for assembling particles into colloidal crystals, a valuable type of material used for chemical and biological sensing and light-detecting devices.

Discovery of a toxic group of chemicals associated with tobacco smoke and dyes used in cosmetics, textiles and plastics in the feces and urine of dogs and cats, suggests they may be exposed in their homes.

Haze is formed when a cocktail of various gaseous pollutants is oxidized and forms particulate matter, diffusing sunlight. Researchers have now discovered a new route to their formation.

To test if a single gene could affect an entire ecosystem, a research team of the University of Zurich conducted a lab experiment with a plant and its associated ecosystem of insects.

An implant little bigger than a grain of rice, put gently in place alongside a strategically placed blood vessel, could replace much bulkier devices that stimulate nerves.