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An international team including Binghamton anthropologist Rolf Quam documented the first case of Down syndrome in Neandertals by studying the fossil of a child found in a cave in Spain.

A study from Michigan Medicine's Kresge Hearing Research Institute was able to produce supranormal hearing in mice, while also supporting a hypothesis on the cause of hidden hearing loss in humans.

According to research, bird flu in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for at least one hour, increasing its potential to infect people and other animals.

Researchers investigated the role Foxp3 plays in regulatory T cell function, demonstrating that the protein likely acts as a transcription cofactor, offering new insight into the self vs. non-self discriminatory practices of the immune system.

Many species around the world are on the brink of extinction. A recent study used genomic analysis on the last surviving population of woolly mammoths to explore the potential causes of their extinction.

In many cases of malignant melanoma, the effect of targeted treatment is lost over time. A research team has now discovered that a factor secreted by tumor cells is responsible for the resistance.

A research team revealed a physiological function of monocarboxylate transporter 1 (MCT1) in mediating the intracellular and extracellular lactate transport in skeletal muscle.

A new study led by researchers at UCL and the University of Sheffield, has demonstrated the potential of stem cell therapy to treat those with Hirschsprung disease.

New research clarifies the key mechanisms of synaptic formation, which might allow researchers to further focus on synapse dysfunction and health treatment options.

New research shows how specific physical conditions during a geologic era when glaciers may have stretched as far as the Equator could have driven eukaryotes to turn multicellular.