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New research has found that neurons deep inside the brain could hold the key to accurately diagnosing bipolar disorder and depression.

Research reveals a previously unknown mechanism that governs whether viruses that infect bacteria will quickly kill their hosts or remain latent inside the cell.

For most people, pain eventually fades away as an injury heals. But for others, the pain persists beyond the initial healing and becomes chronic, hanging on for weeks, months, or even years. Now, we may have uncovered an answer to help explain why: subtle differences in a gene that controls how the body responds to stress.

An evolutionarily conserved pathway in stem cells has been associated with a noise-canceling mechanism.

A large genomic analysis has linked certain DNA mutations to a high risk of relapse in estrogen receptor positive breast cancer, while other mutations were associated with better outcomes, according to researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, the Baylor College of Medicine and the University of British Columbia.

The inherited gene that leads to Huntington’s disease has been found to affect brain development from an early age.

A study of fossilised teeth has shed light on how reptiles adapted to major environmental changes more than 150 million years ago, and how sea life might respond today.

Scientists show that a reduction of nitrogen in lakes is the key to avoid algal blooms in the summer.

Scientists have gained new insights into specific enzymes that effect the specialisation of fungal cells, helping to understand crucial components of their sexual life cycle.

A group of men with especially aggressive prostate cancer may respond unusually well to immunotherapy, a major new study reports. The research offers the possibility of effective treatment for men with prostate cancer who currently die from their disease much more rapidly than other patients – with clinical trials already starting.