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Phage, viruses that predate bacteria, can have a profound impact on the dynamics of the gut microbiome, not only affecting certain species directly but also having a cascading effect on others.

A pioneering gene-targeted drug already licensed for breast and ovarian cancers can benefit some men with prostate cancer, a major new clinical trial reports.

Two children’s milk teeth buried deep in a remote archaeological site in north eastern Siberia have revealed a previously unknown group of people lived there during the last Ice Age.

By studying the neurobiological mechanisms involved in food choices of rodents, neuroscientists, have identified the important and lasting influence that peers can have on eating habits.

Many chemotherapy drugs kill cancer cells by severely damaging their DNA. However, some tumors can withstand this damage by relying on a specific DNA repair pathway. Now researchers have discovered a potential drug compound that can block this repair pathway.

Four scientific institutes are joining forces for the continuous monitoring of Switzerland from space using the Swiss Data Cube, to foster the use of Earth Observation data for environmental monitoring at national scale.

A novel study provides the first evidence that an inexpensive non-invasive speech-to-touch sensory substitution device has the potential to improve hearing in cochlear implant patients, as well as individuals with normal hearing, to better discern speech in various situations like trying to deal with the "cocktail party effect," without any training.

A new study has found that not sticking to a regular bedtime and wakeup schedule — and getting different amounts of sleep each night — can put a person at higher risk for obesity, high cholesterol, hypertension, high blood sugar and other metabolic disorders.

In the study published this month in Scientific Reports, researchers focused on α-synuclein as a target for a novel PD treatment. They looked at ways to prevent the expression of α-synuclein and effectively eliminate the physiological cause of PD.

An international team of researchers have published a new study in which they review the ways that the Internet can produce both acute and sustained alterations in specific areas of cognition, which may reflect changes in the brain, affecting our attentional capacities, memory processes, and social interactions.