Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): When it comes to choosing a partner, people prefer marrying those with similar ancestry, but their decisions are not necessarily based on hair, eye or skin colour, according ...

London, Nov 16 (ANI): A set of nerve fibres could be responsible for making injured areas overly sensitive to touch, claims a new mice study. When a person has any kind of injury ...

Washington, Nov 20 (ANI): An Indian-origin scientist from the University of California, San Francisco is on her way to design devices that will help to enhance drug delivery in the gut. Many drugs ...

Washington, Nov 9 (ANI): Decrease in the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy has simultaneously led to the reduction in the incidence of atypical ductal hyperplasia, a known risk factor for breast cancer, ...

Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): Poor kidney function may increase an individual's risk for suffering heart failure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease and early death, reveals a new study. Researchers revealed that to evaluate ...

Washington, Nov 8 (ANI): A new study has shown that school-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities. Researchers at the University of ...

Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): A new study has shown that school-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities. Researchers at the University of ...

Washington, Nov 6 (ANI): Poor kidney function may increase an individual's risk for suffering heart failure, heart attack, peripheral arterial disease and early death, reveals a new study. Researchers revealed that to evaluate ...

Washington, Nov 4 (ANI): If a new study on worms is anything to go by, all the sugar in your diet could spell much more than obesity and type 2 diabetes ...

London, Nov 2 (ANI): A novel computer program has identified thousands of new targets for existing drugs by comparing the molecular structures of drug compounds and chemicals that occur naturally in the ...

New York, Oct 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Two women and a man, Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak shared the Noble Prize in medicine for their pioneering work in ...

By Gina Gomez Stockholm, Oct 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) This bit of joyous woke up the 60 year old Elizabeth Blackburn at near about 2 a.m. from a deep slumber. However, the news that ...

Washington, Oct 3 (IANS) The female hormone oestrogen seems to drive male aggression in mice with the help of certain nerve cells in the brain, a new study led by an Indian ...

Washington, October 2 (ANI): In a new research, a team of scientists has revealed the key to how bacteria can clear mercury pollution in waterways. Mercury pollution is a persistent problem in the ...

Washington, Sep 17 (IANS) Persistent pain in younger people ages them by 20 to 30 years in terms of physical abilities, a new study suggests. The study established that people with pain develop ...

Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): A simple jab may soon help prevent prostate cancer, say researchers. The research team from University of Utah and University of Columbia have identified a virus, known to ...

Washington, Sep 7 (ANI): By using protease inhibitors, researchers at the University of California-San Francisco (UCSF) have restored to normal levels a key protein that is involved in early brain development, and ...

Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Debunking an age-old belief, a group of researchers in the U.S. have found that inducing labour does not necessarily increase a woman's risk for caesarean section delivery in ...

Washington, August 15 (ANI): Scientists from Brown University and other institutions have moved a step closer to realising quicker and more precise disease diagnoses, and more targeted treatments of many chronic ailments, ...

Washington, Aug 14 (ANI): Scientists from University of California, San Francisco have identified a genetic mutation that might help explain why some people are active even after six hours of sleep rather ...

Washington, July 29 (ANI): In a new research, genetic evidence is revealing that human populations began to expand in size in Africa during the Late Stone Age approximately 40,000 years ago. A ...

Washington, July 15 (ANI): A 'heart healthy' diet and taking moderate exercise can protect against cognitive decline, according to two new studies. Researchers at Utah State University in the US found that over-65s ...

Washington, July 13 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) say that heavy, daily drinking increases the risk of high-grade prostate cancer. Dr. Zhihong Gong, who led the study at ...

London, July 9 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California, San Francisco claim to have identified a gene crucial to maintaining embryonic stem cells' all-purpose, pluripotent state. The researchers say that their finding ...

London, July 6 (ANI): A collaborative study conducted by Mayo Clinic and University of California San Francisco (UCSF) researchers has shed light on a connection between DNA alterations on human chromosome 9 ...

Washington, July 3 (IANS) Practice makes perfect in music, but fresh evidence thrown up by research shows that for aspiring musicians, genes may also influence the outcome. Perfect pitch, also known as absolute ...

Washington, July 3 (ANI): Scientists at the University of California-San Francisco (UNSF) say that they have identified a particular region of genes on human chromosome eight that is linked to perfect pitch, ...

Washington, June 30 (IANS) Bone marrow extract is just as effective as bone marrow stem cells for improving cardiac function, particularly after a heart attack, according to a group of researchers. ...

Washington, June 26 (ANI): An intake of selenium could worsen the conditions of people who are already suffering from prostate cancer, and have a variant of a gene called superoxide dismutase (SOD2), ...

Washington, June 26 (ANI): It's not just age, partner's health and interest in sex too have significant impact on sexual activity among middle-aged and elderly women, say researchers. During the study, the team ...