As clinical medical research in China reaches a turning point, the country's strategy for expanding its biosample collection and analysis ...

Using a process known as single cell sequencing, scientists at Karolinska Institutet have produced a detailed map of cortical cell ...

Using advanced DNA sequencing methods, researchers have identified a new gene that is associated with sporadic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), ...

A group of researchers of the University of Barcelona (UB) have described a key interaction to understanding growth control in ...

The size of the human brain expanded dramatically during the course of evolution, imparting us with unique capabilities to use ...

Bacteria may not have brains, but they do have memories, at least when it comes to viruses that attack them. ...

Scientists are interested in using gels to deliver drugs because they can be molded into specific shapes and designed to ...

A team led by researchers at Tufts University School of Engineering and the University of Pavia has reported development of ...

For 150 years, the iconic Broca’s area of the brain has been recognized as the command center for human speech, ...

In a remarkable new advance against the virus that causes AIDS, scientists from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have announced ...

Scientists have made a major new discovery detailing how areas of the brain responsible for vision could potentially adapt to ...

Scientists from the UK and USA are using technology that helped in the design of a new synthetic vaccine to ...

Human neural stem cell treatments are showing promise for reversing learning and memory deficits after chemotherapy, according to UC Irvine ...

Researchers have found an RNA structure-based signal that spans billions of years of evolutionary divergence between different types of cells, ...

In the bone marrow, blood stem cells give rise to a large variety of mature blood cells via progenitor cells ...

An estimated 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide. Age-related macular degeneration alone is the leading cause of blindness among ...

A clinical trial led by University of Leicester respiratory experts into a potentially ground-breaking ‘breath test’ to detect lung cancer ...

The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the development of new treatments ...

A new tool developed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus lets scientists shine a light on an ...

Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles; ...