Antibiotic resistance is poised to spread globally among bacteria frequently implicated in respiratory and urinary infections in hospital settings, according...

Magnetic nanoparticles can open the blood-brain barrier and deliver molecules directly to the brain, say researchers from the University of...

A new study shows the durability of a novel ‘disseminating’ cytomegalovirus (CMV)-based Ebola virus (Zaire ebolavirus; EBOV) vaccine strategy that...

The prices of leading cancer drugs have risen at rates far outstripping inflation over the last two decades, according to...

When we look at a known word, our brain sees it like a picture, not a group of letters needing...

A duel between mathematical models supports the reigning theory of the genetics of altruism It isn’t that often that a...

Queen’s University cancer researcher Madhuri Koti has discovered a biomarker that will help lead to better predictions of the success...

Human lung organoids may help scientists learn more about lung diseases, test new drugs The panel on the left is...

Artificial hand able to respond sensitively thanks to muscles made from smart metal wires Engineers at Saarland University have taken...

An experimental drug that attacks brain tumor tissue by crippling the cells' energy source called the mitochondria has passed early...

A recent analysis has brought new clarity to the debate over whether brain training exercises can improve people's ability to...

Microbes may just be the next diet craze. Researchers have programmed bacteria to generate a molecule that, through normal metabolism,...

When a very young child looks at a picture, she can identify simple elements: "cat," "book," "chair." Now, computers are...

Strange creatures live in the deep sea, but few are odder than the viruses that inhabit deep ocean methane seeps...

A group of 18 scientists and ethicists today warned that a revolutionary new tool to cut and splice DNA should...

A frog in Ecuador's western Andean cloud forest changes skin texture in minutes, appearing to mimic the texture it sits...

By the time most people receive a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease — based on clinical signs of mental decline —...

UC Berkeley researchers, led by bioengineering professor Kevin Healy, have been able to test heart drugs on human cardiac muscle...

A new study published in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) suggests the link between aspirin and...