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The British Pharmacological Society has announced the appointment of Rachel Lambert-Forsyth as its new Chief Executive Officer.

Researchers have developed a novel way to record a patient’s vaccination history: storing the data in a pattern of dye, invisible to the naked eye, that is delivered under the skin at the same time as the vaccine.

Researchers have discovered that by suppressing a specific gene, it could prevent the buildup of abnormal tau, a protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

Artificial intelligence is being developed that will allow "quarantining" of hate speech in a method similar to malware filters.

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine report today in the journal Neuron evidence that refutes the link between increased levels of herpes virus and Alzheimer's disease. In addition, the researchers provide a new statistical and computational framework for the analysis of large-scale sequencing data.

Researchers have uncovered nearly 209 genes whose activity can change in anxiety, which may provide new targets for drug development.

New research into the genome of the blue-petal water lily suggests that most flowering plants may owe their success in part to the genetic innovations observed in the delicate water lily.

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for patients with social anxiety not only helps to reduce anxiety levels but also seems to protect against accelerated cellular aging, a study involving researchers at Karolinska Institutet published in the journal Translational Psychiatry reports.

A high-fat meal can silence communication between the intestine and the rest of the body, according to a new Duke University study in zebrafish.

New research has discovered that a sizeable amount of domestication-related changes in rice appear to be reflective of selection on traits that determined by non-coding portions of the genome.