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Scientists at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg have grafted neurons reprogrammed from skin...

Researchers from the University of Bradford have devised a simple blood test that can be used to diagnose whether people...

The HIV-1 virus has proved to be tenacious, inserting its genome permanently into its victims' DNA, forcing patients to take...

Only 8.2% of human DNA is likely to be doing something important – is 'functional' – say Oxford University researchers....

Treatment of HIV patients co-infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) with an anti-retroviral drug therapy not only tackles HIV,...

Cancer is a disease of the genome resulting from a combination of genetic modifications (or mutations). We inherit from our...

A type of immune cell widely believed to exacerbate chronic adult brain diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease and multiple sclerosis...

A new understanding of the mechanism that makes neuro cells turn cancerous brings us nearer to a treatment for brain/neuro...

Cancer has left its 'footprint' on our evolution, according to a study which examined how the relics of ancient viruses...

A new study in mice reveals that mesenchymal (mezz-EN-chem-uhl) stem cells (MSCs) help rejuvenate skeletal muscle after resistance exercise. University...

Dysfunction in dopamine signaling profoundly changes the activity level of about 2,000 genes in the brain’s prefrontal cortex and may...

Scientists reveal the structure of one of the most important and complicated proteins in cell division – a fundamental process...

Dozens of neuroscientists are protesting Europe's $1.6 billion attempt to recreate the functioning of the human brain on supercomputers, fearing...

The way rats use their whiskers is more similar to how humans use their hands and fingers than previously thought,...

A team of researchers from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU)...

Researchers have identified a way to enhance regrowth of human corneal tissue to restore vision, using a molecule known as...

Optogenetics, a technology that allows scientists to control brain activity by shining light on neurons, relies on light-sensitive proteins that...

Last year Karl Deisseroth, a Stanford professor of bioengineering and of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, announced a new way of...

UC Berkeley researchers have discovered that oxytocin — a hormone associated with maternal nurturing, social attachments, childbirth and sex —...