New hope for people with fibromyalgia

A novel psychological therapy that encourages addressing emotional experiences related to trauma, conflict and relationship problems…

Unique gene therapy prevents, reverses multiple sclerosis in animal model

Multiple sclerosis can be inhibited or reversed using a novel gene therapy technique that stops the…

Into more thin air: Exploring the adaptation extremes of human high altitude sickness and fitness

Many research groups have explored human adaptation to high altitude living among three major far-flung global…

Dancing electrons lose the race

Ultrashort pulses of light were employed by physicists to start a race between electrons emitted from…

Synthetic molecule ‘kicks and kills’ some persistent HIV in mice

Scientists have designed a synthetic molecule that can reactivate dormant human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in mice…

Japanese encephalitis vaccine cuts disease rate in Nepal

From 2006 through 2011, Nepal conducted a mass immunization campaign against Japanese encephalitis -- a mosquito-borne…

Your neurons register familiar faces, whether you notice them or not

When people see an image of a person they recognize particular cells light up in the…

Ancient DNA data fills in thousands of years of human prehistory in Africa

By sequencing the ancient genomes of 15 individuals from different parts of Africa, researchers reporting in…

A rapid alternative to standard safety tests for lentiviral vectors

A new, publicly available test to assess the safety of cell therapy products altered by lentivirus…

Scientists sequence asexual tiny worm whose lineage stretches back 18 million years

A team of scientists has sequenced, for the first time, a tiny worm that belongs to…