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Researchers have identified species- and tissue-specific processes that are key for immunological defense against influenza A, which could help to develop effective therapies.

According to research, nitrate accumulated in soil bordering streams plays an important role in the increase of nitrate levels in stream water when it rains.

Scientists are exploring the elaborate interplay between genes, sex, growth, and age and how they influence variation in longevity.

A new study by researchers at the University of Glasgow has found that former Scottish international rugby union players have a higher risk of developing neurodegenerative diseases, including dementia, Parkinson’s disease and motor neuron disease.

Researchers have discovered that the female brain shows higher expression of an enzyme that results in greater accumulation of tau, the protein responsible for the formation of toxic protein clumps in the brains of Alzheimer’s disease patients.

There is a large degree of overlap between the genetic causes of autism and ADHD. Now, researchers from Aarhus University have found gene variants, which increase the risk of developing only one of the diagnoses and not the other.

Researchers have identified that changes to extracellular RNA communication could be linked to post-partum depression, highlighting potential treatment avenues.

The liver is a vulnerable organ to metastatic cancer and researchers have recently described the mechanism by which cancer cells invade the liver microenvironment.

An analysis of sediments from five North Carolina lakes near coal-burning power plants has found that coal ash pollution of surface waters has been more persistent and widespread than was previously known.

According to research, breast and cervical cancer cells adopt a material state that combines the advantages of solids and liquids in order to grow in healthy tissue.