Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience have recently discovered the process behind this phenomenon. The brain, it turns...

A three-nation clinical trial found that a vaccine can safely help the vast majority of HIV-positive women produce antibodies against...

How do embryos form the cells in our lungs, muscles, nerves and other tissues? A new process decodes the genetic...

By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University believe...

Researchers have found a major piece of genetic evidence that confirms the role of a group of virus-fighting genes in...

T-cells are the body’s sentinels, patrolling every corner of the body in search of foreign threats such as bacteria and...

Fresh insights into the processes that control brain cell production could pave the way for treatments for brain cancer and...

A group of researchers in China and the US have successfully created a 3D model of a cancerous tumour using...

Scientists at the University of Basel report first ever successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in the laboratory. Cartilage...

Scientists reported today the first human recipients of laboratory-grown vaginal organs. A research team led by Anthony Atala, M.D., director...

It's a computer – inside a cockroach. Nano-sized entities made of DNA that are able to perform the same kind...

On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there’s the more practical problem of waste — in particular, what to...

Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA. Illustration Credits: Christine Daniloff/MIT Thousands of consumer products —...

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have confirmed suspicions that DNA modifications found in the blood of mice exposed to high...