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For college students under pressure, a dog may be the best stress fighter around. Programs exclusively focused on petting therapy dogs improved stressed-out students’ thinking and planning skills more effectively than programs that included traditional stress-management information, according to new research.

Biomedical engineers and neurologists have developed a new, noninvasive method for measuring brain blood flow with light.

Researchers have designed a drug-like compound that effectively blocks a critical step in the malaria parasite life cycle and are working to develop this compound into a potential malaria treatment.

A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women's Hospital published in Nature Genetics uncovers the genetic architecture of progression and prognosis of Parkinson's disease, identifying five genetic locations (loci) associated with progression.

Scientists have identified six "words" that specific immune cells use to call up immune defense genes. This is an important step toward understanding the language the body uses to marshal responses to threats.

Yale researchers have shown that developmental abnormalities, including those that lead to pregnancy loss and autism, are controlled by the genetics of the fetus and placenta — and not the mother’s intrauterine environment.

Researchers have developed a peptide that, in mice, allowed the main component of Cannabis sativa to fight chronic pain without impacting memory and other cognitive functions.

A new study finds that greenhouse gas emissions from standing dead trees in coastal wetland forests need to be accounted for when assessing the environmental impact of so-called "ghost forests."

Scientists at Scripps Research have unveiled a new Ebola virus vaccine design, which they say has several advantages over standard vaccine approaches for Ebola and related viruses that continue to threaten global health.

Researchers have found that typical households with a typical backyard can raise chickens, rabbits or soybeans to meet its protein needs.