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By creating high-resolution cellular and molecular visual maps of lung cancer before and during development, researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have discovered that the earliest stages of lung ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego have found that an intensive retreat combining multiple mind-body techniques, including meditation and healing practices, produced rapid and wide-ranging changes in brain ...

Intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy involves infusing patients with naturally occurring IgG antibodies to treat autoimmune conditions. With origins dating back to the 1950s, IVIG is currently FDA-approved for four diseases ...

Batten disease is a rare inherited condition that affects brain development and function. CLN3 disease is the most common type of this disease. The symptoms are life-changing. They usually begin between the ages of four and ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have uncovered how a specific type of cell in the inner ear plays a commanding role in shaping the cellular landscape of the organ responsible for hearing, according to a study published in ...

Almost 50% of women in midlife surveyed in a Monash University-led study had poor sexual well-being, including a doubling of the likelihood of desire and arousal dysfunction in early perimenopausal women from premenopause.

Long-term, low doses of THC mitigate many harmful side effects and inflammation caused by HIV and antiretroviral therapy (ART), according to new research from Texas Biomedical Research Institute.

A newly discharged American military veteran struggles emotionally to quiet memories from the battlefield. He smokes cannabis, increasingly, to fall asleep at night and to get through the day.

Why do immune cells that are supposed to eliminate viruses suddenly turn against our own body? There are instances where killer T cells—which are meant to precisely remove virus-infected cells—malfunction like overheated ...

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the immune system destroys the body's own insulin-producing beta-cells in the pancreas, leaving patients with a lifelong dependency on external insulin.

An epigenetic factor that is essential for producing mature egg cells in mice has been identified by RIKEN researchers for the first time. This discovery could aid research into cases of infertility caused by immature eggs.

Using an ultra-high-resolution imaging technology called 7 Tesla functional MRI (fMRI) on human participants, researchers have mapped how different parts of the brain work together. Specifically, they discovered a unified ...