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Cooking rice in a certain way removes over 50 per cent of the naturally occurring arsenic in brown rice, and 74 per cent in white rice, according to new research.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have developed a new DNA-based analytical method that could aid the development of future drugs for breast and other cancers.

A new study finds that pancreatic cancer cells avoid starvation by signaling to nerves, which grow into dense tumors and secrete nutrients.

In a new study, scientists conducted genetic testing in > 3,000 cancer patients. The scientists found that 1 in 8 patients with cancer had an inherited cancer-related gene mutation.

Haunted houses, horror movies, and ghost stories can be chilling delights, provided the fear they evoke remains in a 'Goldilocks zone' that is neither too terrifying nor too tame.

A bacterium found among the soil close to roots of ginseng plants could provide a new approach for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

A study published today in The Journal of Nutrition showed that mothers’ vitamin D levels during pregnancy were associated with their children’s IQ.

A recent preprint study, published in bioRxiv, demonstrates robust T-cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 viral peptides six months after initial infection in all participants following asymptomatic, mild or moderate COVID-19.

The companies have reached an agreement whereby PerkinElmer will acquire Horizon for approximately $383 million with the deal expected to close in the first quarter of 2021.

Polypropylene (PP) is one of the most widely used plastics in the world. By controlling the spatial orientation of the propylene building blocks and additional polar components, it should be possible to create a new generation of attractive, engineered, specialty plastics, with improved wettability or enhanced degradability, based on PP.