By Gene Collier, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A week ago, the Steelers were readying for a prime-time performance with the full knowledge that they would be without their leading receiver, their All-Pro special-teams ace, and their MVP, all of whom ...

The researchers looked at brain gene expression - the pattern of genes that were activated or deactivated - across four brain regions in the nesting stickleback fish shortly after it encountered an intruder.

Gene Jones, who spent three seasons on the Champions Tour before illness set him back, put himself in position for a return when Friday's 6-under-par 66 gave him a share of the lead after two rounds of the tour's qualifying final in Coral Springs.

Scientists have identified a new gene variant that seems to strongly raise the risk for Alzheimer's disease, giving a fresh target for research into treatments for the mind-robbing disorder.

University of Adelaide researcher Professor Claire Roberts, from the university's Robinson Institute, said researchers had discovered that a variant of the gene AGT2R predisposed women to pre-eclampsia during pregnancy. The condition, affecting about 7 ...

The findings were published online Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine and involved collaboration by more than 44 research institutions.

AMKL patients with the fusion gene were also found to be at high risk of failing therapy. Researchers checked long-term survival of 40 AMKL patients treated at multiple medical centers around the world and found about 28 percent of patients with the ...

WASHINGTON - There's one result from the election that we likely won't know for months or even years: the full meaning of this year's massive run-up in campaign spending.