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A new study suggests that the opioid system in the brain is connected to mood changes associated with depression and anxiety.

We know how important bacteria and fungi are for the health of plants. In marine environments and our gut, bacteriophage (viruses that infect bacteria) are important in regulating the microbiome. Yet, their effect on bacteria living around the roots of plants has hardly been studied.

Researchers have been using neutron diffraction and tomography studies of coins to shed light on the history of Volga Bulgaria.

Researchers have discovered a new mechanism causing colorectal cancer. Abnormal expression of the protein Zeb2 affected the integrity of the intestinal epithelium. The epithelium would normally prevent infiltration by intestinal microbes, however, Zeb2 undermines this barrier and allows infiltrating bacteria to cause inflammation that drives cancer progression.

Researchers have provided the first direct evidence that extensive coal burning in Siberia was a cause of the Permo-Triassic Extinction, the Earth's most severe extinction event.

In this study, scientists show that even brief exposure to certain chemicals while the liver is developing prematurely aged the liver epigenome.

An international research effort reports that inhibition of a key enzyme, using a novel antisense drug, safely and effectively improved the health of persons with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

A new study investigates how and why certain individuals develop cancer and why others do not.

Using zebrafish larvae, researchers have discovered the biochemical and mechanical forces driving sensory organ development.

New research examined the urinary metabolome of healthy newborns to aid in improving the diagnosis of disease in infants.