For over 350 years, quinine and other extracts from the cinchona tree (Cinchona spp.) were the only effective medicines ...

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Patients with obesity sometimes have leptin resistance, and the "full" feeling does not get through to the brain. The new ...

Scientists have found a way to boost the efficiency of rubisco — the enzyme that powers life on Earth — and hope to transfer it to crops.

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, food packaging and transport. But it’s also created one of the defining ...

Life-saving treatments for children with orphan illnesses often move slowly, if at all, through the federal approval process.

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Researchers have found that peroxiredoxins, a family of antioxidant enzymes central to how cells manage oxidative stress, can ...

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Your kidneys do this automatically by passing your blood through millions of filtering units called nephrons, which have two main parts: the glomerulus and the tubule. The glomerulus is made up of ...

A newly identified molecular player may help explain how cartilage in the jaw joint resists inflammatory damage.