Autoimmunity may underlie newly discovered painful nerve-damage disorder

An analysis of the medical records of patients treated at Massachusetts General Hospital for an often-mysterious…

‘Golden’ potato delivers bounty of vitamins A and E

An experimental 'golden' potato could hold the power to prevent disease and death in developing countries…

Human-caused warming increasing likelihood of record-breaking hot years

A new study finds human-caused global warming is significantly increasing the rate at which hot temperature…

Bear or chipmunk? Engineer finds how brain encodes sounds

When you are out in the woods and hear a cracking sound, your brain needs to…

Scientists create a recipe to make human blood-brain-barrier

A defined, step-by-step process to make a more exact mimic of the human blood-brain-barrier in the…

Cockatoo select the right key to insert into a ‘keyhole’

The Goffin's cockatoo is not a specialized tool user in the wild but has shown the…

Microbial murder mystery solved

Their findings reveal that killer cells act methodically, shooting deadly enzymes into bacteria to 'program' a…

New mechanism for battling influenza discovered

Just as flu season swings into full gear, researchers have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by…

Boy is given new skin thanks to gene therapy

A medical team has successfully treated a child suffering from extensive skin damage using transplants derived…

Should exercise be what the doctor orders for depression?

More mental health providers may want to take a closer look at including exercise in their…