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Deeper snowpack than usual in parts of the Arctic could be thawing the permafrost carbon reserves and increasing greenhouse gas emissions, including carbon dioxide and methane.

The loss of effective thermoregulation caused by chronic disease medication has implications for elderly people receiving treatment, especially in hot weather.

Carriers of a certain variant of the STING gene are at greater risk of invasive streptococcal infections, particularly if they encounter the bacterial strains that have increased in the western world since the 1980s.

Platelets secrete a protein during exercise that enhances neurogenesis in the hippocampus. A preclinical trial finds that systemic injection of the protein replicates the brain benefits induced by exercise.

When choosing their behaviour in socially difficult situations, anxious people use a less suitable section of the forebrain than people who are not anxious according to brain scans.

A large-scale international collaboration has identified new genes associated with breast cancer that could eventually be included in tests to identify women at increased risk of the disease.

Keeley Teton Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of IMAX Co. (NYSE:IMAX – Free Report) by 9.8% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 50,400 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 4,500 shares during the period. Keeley Teton Advisors LLC’s holdings in IMAX were worth $967,000 as of its […]

A newly developed, versatile and low-cost long-read RNA sequencing tool could accelerate the discovery of new diagnostics and treatments.

A study reveals findings from over 800 clinical assays performed for kidney patients with MiTF family gene mutations. The study is the largest series of its kind in kidney cancer and carries deep clinical and diagnostics implications.

A new tool that detects a biomarker for bladder cancer – aberrant PENK methylation – has shown promise in detecting cancer earlier.