Recent clinical studies have proven that the photo-stabilized Helioplex technology found in Neutrogena(R) Ultra Sheer Sunblock SPF 70, is the best sun protection available in the United States today.
Scientists have discovered that adult neural stem cells, which exist in the brain throughout life, are not a single, homogeneous group. Instead, they are a diverse group of cells, each capable of giving rise to specific types of neurons.
A pioneering collaborative study has discovered how the HIV virus evades the human body?s immune system.
In this week?s issue of Science, researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and Ume? University in Sweden report an important discovery about a critical new role that an enzyme called DNA polymerase epsilon plays in replicating DNA in higher organisms such as yeast and perhaps even humans.
The Illinois Department of Public Health has confirmed through laboratory tests the second human West Nile virus case in Illinois for 2007.
A new study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine shows that 10 percent of youth who become hooked on cigarettes are addicted within two days of first inhaling from a cigarette, and 25 percent are addicted within a month.
Every kid knows that moms have “eyes in the back of their heads.” We are adept at fixing our gaze on one object while independently directing attention to others. Salk Institute neurobiologists are beginning to tease apart the complex brain networks that enable humans and other higher mammals to achieve this feat.
Production of a protein that promotes inflammation appears to be linked to the higher incidence of liver cancer in men than in women, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have determined in mouse studies.
A team of biomedical engineers at Virginia Tech and the University of California at Berkeley has developed a new minimally invasive method of treating cancer, and they anticipate clinical trials on individuals with prostate cancer will begin soon.
University of Florida and University of Michigan scientists isolated nearly 200 proteins from the urine of patients with and without bladder cancer. Several appear promising as potential biomarkers, including one that studies conducted elsewhere have already linked to liver and ovarian cancer.