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Researchers have now discovered specific changes in a protein that drive the growth and spread of prostate cancer.

Delirium is a serious change in brain function that affects up to 64 percent of older medical patients. While there are more than 30 instruments currently available for identifying delirium in patients, few exist to assess its severity. A new measure changes that.

Common variable immunodeficiency has been categorized at single-cell resolution, revealing that differences in the epigenome and immune cell-cell signaling can cause one identical twin to experience the disease but not the other.

A study has shown that nearly half of all older adults now die with a diagnosis of dementia listed on their medical record, up 36% from two decades ago.

Researchers have shown that the consolidation of learning that occurs during sleep is a result of the learning process and not merely because certain brain regions get used a lot during learning.

Recent discoveries made by researchers from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin may prove vital in improving the treatment of dystonia, a neurological movement disorder.

Cichlids and stingrays can perform simple addition and subtraction in the number range of one to five. This has been shown in a recent study by the University of Bonn, which has now been published in the journal Scientific Reports. It is not known what the animals need their mathematical abilities for.

The onset of flash droughts that can wipe out crops is happening more quickly, according to a new study.

Researchers have developed a technique to measure both gene activity and DNA packaging at the same time.

A study in postmenopausal people suggests eating nutrient-rich prunes every day may be beneficial to bone health, reducing inflammatory factors that contribute to osteoporosis.