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Entertainment·BreakingThe 65-year-old actor was an avid hiker who lived in Los Angeles and was reported missing on Jan. 13 after he set out for the peak of Mount Baldy, which rises more than 3,048 metres east of the city.The L.A.-based…

Cells zealously protect the integrity of their genomes, because damage can lead to cancer or cell death. The genome -- a cell's complete set of DNA -- is most vulnerable while it is being duplicated before a cell divides. Cancer cells…

In the 20 years since Barbara Corkey, PhD, was named Editor in Chief of the journal Obesity, obesity among adults has risen significantly. Data from the National Center for Health Statistics show that one third of U.S. adults 20 years of…

Authors of a new peer-reviewed paper have discovered that COVID was the leading cause of death for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in 2020. The study, "COVID-19 Mortality Burden and Comorbidity Patterns Among…

When something goes wrong in mitochondria, the tiny organelles that power cells, it can cause a bewildering variety of symptoms such as poor growth, fatigue and weakness, seizures, developmental and cognitive disabilities, and vision…

The man who held four people hostage at a synagogue in the US state of Texas before being shot dead by the FBI was 44-year-old British citizen Malik Faisal Akram, demanding the release of a jailed Pakistani neuroscientist suspected of…

Understanding how cells die is key to developing new treatments for many diseases, whether the goal is to make cancer cells die or keep healthy cells alive in the face of other illnesses, such as massive infections or strokes. Two new…