For the first time since the 1970s, researchers are on the verge of developing a new class of anesthetics. According...

Professor Martin Bornhäuser and Doctor Christoph Röllig, both experts in the field of blood cancer at the Carl Gustav Carus...

In new research published in Endocrinology, Thomas Burris, Ph.D., chair of pharmacological and physiological science at Saint Louis University, reports...

Scientists have found the balance necessary to aid healing with high-tech hydrogel. Rice chemist Jeffrey Hartgerink, lead author Vivek Kumar...

The human immune system distinguishes between endogenous and foreign bodies. This is highly useful when defending the body against pathogens,...

Researchers have succeeded for the first time in controlling the function of sperm by optogenetics. They inserted a light-activated enzyme...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new, wearable sensor that uses silver nanowires to monitor electrophysiological signals,...

Microscopic spheres of calcium phosphate have been linked to the development of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a major cause of...

Electroporation is a powerful technique in molecular biology. By using an electrical pulse to create a temporary nanopore in a...

A new study from MIT reveals one reason why people who suffer from chronic inflammatory diseases such as colitis have...

Beginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved...

Stem cells derived from human amnion have for some time been considered promising for cell therapies because of their ease...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect 1 to 2 percent of children in the United States. Hundreds of genetic and environmental...

A see-through zebrafish and enhanced imaging provide the first direct glimpse of how blood stem cells take root in the...

When plants come under attack internal alarm bells ring and their defence mechanisms swing into action – and it happens...

We have approximately 100 billion nerve cells in our brains, all of which communicate with one another. Why do they...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in amplifying genes altered by activities such as smoking – with changes that...

A stem cell capable of regenerating both bone and cartilage has been identified in bone marrow of mice. The discovery...

Improving gene-sequencing technologies have focused immunologists’ attention on the role of genes in diseases. But it appears the environment is...

A regime of anti-HIV drugs — components of regimens to treat established HIV infection — has the potential to protect...