Sleep deprivation handicaps the brain’s ability to form new memories, mouse study shows

Studying mice, scientists have fortified evidence that a key purpose of sleep is to recalibrate the…

Sleep research high-resolution images show how the brain resets during sleep

Striking electron microscope pictures from inside the brains of mice suggest what happens in our own…

Model assesses interventions for bovine tuberculosis in Morocco

In many developing countries, a significant fraction of the tuberculosis burden comes potentially from the tuberculosis…

Zika virus blindfolds immune alarm cells

Dendritic cells are 'sentinel' cells that alert the rest of the immune system when they detect…

Political affiliation can predict how people will react to false information about threats

How liberal or conservative a person is predicts how likely they are to believe information about…

To lose weight, and keep it off, be prepared to navigate interpersonal challenges

A new study highlights an unexpected challenge for those who have made a new year's resolution…

The best treatment for laryngeal cancer? This approach helps decide

After a decade of using a novel approach to select patients for laryngeal cancer treatment, researchers…

Study points to a universal immune mechanism as a regulator of sleep

Sleep may be regulated in part by several brain-based immune proteins collectively called inflammasome NLRP3, suggests…

New skin-graft system a better fix for chronic wounds

More than six million cases of chronic wounds cost $20 billion each year in the United…

Precision-medicine approach could revive prostate cancer test

A new study has identified genetic predictors of normal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels in healthy men,…