Category: News

Researchers at the University of Rochester have uncovered new answers to a highly-debated question: what is the key to longevity? They believe it may actually reside in a gene. The team discovered recently that the […]

A research team from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology has offered an explanation for the 600 million birds that die from building collisions in the United States every year. The crashes typically result from a […]

According to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine researchers, women who have pregnancy complications tend to show clear differences from the immune gene activity pattern of women with healthy pregnancies. The intention of […]

At New York University, a team tested how each gene in the genome of rice responds to combinations of water and nutrients. Since changes in nutrient doses can have significant effects on gene expression and […]

Neurocientists in the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai recently discovered a surprise role for serotonin. The brain chemical is a neurotransmitter known for passing signals between neurons and is involved in the regulation […]

Researchers at the IBM Watson Research Center and Mount Sinai have collaborated to make a new discovery about how cancer cells respond to drug therapy. The study exposed various types of cells to drugs and […]

Researchers at New York University and the University of California, Los Angeles are suggesting that infants as young as five months old can differentiate laughter between strangers from laughter between friends. The results of this […]

A study conducted by the Weill Cornell Medical Center demonstrated that consuming the equivalent of one can of soda per day caused tumor growth in mice predisposed to colon cancer. The research explores how high-fructose […]

A team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new technique with the potential to dramatically improve the quality and speed of imaging in live subjects. The technique generates comprehensive molecular images of organs and tumors in […]

Understanding the psychological state of first responders who were at the 9/11 World Trade Center attack is crucial as they continue to experience conditions such as post-traumatic stress disorder. Researchers at Stony Brook University led a pilot study to […]