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Scientists have revealed nearly 100 genetic variants implicated in the development of cancers such as breast cancer and prostate cancer....

University of South Florida researchers have suggested a new view of how stem cells may help repair the brain following...

It's like pulling a rabbit out of a hat. Researchers have reached inside the brain of a rat and pulled...

Naked mole rats have what any animal would want. They live long lives -- about 30 years -- and stay...

Similar to using Python or Java to write code for a computer, chemists soon could be able to use a...

Scientists have moved closer to developing a universal flu vaccine after using the 2009 pandemic as a natural experiment to...

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) discovered that an antibody that binds and neutralizes HIV likely also targets the...

With a few flicks of a light switch--on-off-on-off--Stanford University's Oscar Abilez is one step closer to changing the lives of...

The toxoplasma parasite can be deadly, causing spontaneous abortion in pregnant women or killing immune-compromised patients, but it has even...

A new technique that allows scientists to measure the electrical activity in the communication junctions of the nervous systems has...

Each cell in an organism has a sensor that measures the health of its "internal" environment. This "alarm" is found...

A duo of scientists at Penn State University has achieved a major milestone in understanding how genomic "dark matter" originates....

In a long-awaited finding, a team of Chinese and US scientists has determined the high-resolution atomic structure of a cell-surface...

The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an...

Scientists discover previously unknown thermal sensor in insects linked to taste, smell.Call it the Goldilocks Principle — animals can survive...

A RIKEN research team has discovered an enzyme called Rines that regulates MAO-A, a major brain protein controlling emotion and...

Researchers have identified a yet unknown bacterial cell-cell communication system. The micrograph shows the bacterium Photorhabdus luminescens. The cells labeled...

A novel material with world record-breaking surface area and water adsorption abilities has been synthesized by researchers from Uppsala University,...

Proper tissue function and regeneration is supported by stem cells, which reside in so-called niches. New work from Carnegie’s Yixian...

Researchers led by Adrian Liston at VIB and the University of Leuven have discovered the genes that control the number...