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Cancer stem cells are like zombies — even after a tumor is destroyed, they can keep coming back. These cells...

Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report they have developed an experimental laboratory test that accurately clocks the “speed” of human brain...

New research explains why so many biological networks, including the human brain (a network of neurons), exhibit a hierarchical structure,...

Candida yeasts normally live on human skin and mucous membranes without causing disease. In individuals with a weakened immune system,...

In a recent development, scientists at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research report that damage to DNA can be induced...

Credit: University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a...

Human parthenogenetic stem cells, derived from unfertilized oocytes, can be used without destroying potentially viable human embryos to generate unlimited...

New Rochelle, NY, June 7, 2016–Using an automated insulin feedback controller as part of an overnight closed-loop (OCL) control system...

Reston, Va. – A recent pilot study reported in the June issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine found that...

JUPITER, FL – June 7, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have been...

Philadelphia, PA, June 8, 2016 – A new technology suitable for practical clinical testing can detect KRAS gene mutations in...

Through a detailed study of leukaemia cells from more than 200 children, a research group at Lund University in Sweden...

Researchers have built a model to investigate the metastasis of cancer by examining the metabolism of breast epithelial cells and...

MIT chemists have devised a new way to synthesize a complex molecular structure that is shared by a group of...

HOUSTON – (June 6, 2016) – A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with...

In a meta-analysis of hundreds of clinical trials involving thousands of patients, researchers at University of California San Diego School...

Credit: Tomas Hasing ITHACA, NY– When gardeners look at a petunia, they see the vibrant and versatile blooms of the...

At the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2016, researchers present results of three clinical trials using new...

Chronic wounds cause nearly 80,000 lower leg amputations annually in the U.S. alone and are associated with an increased likelihood...

Credit: Brass Lab WORCESTER, MA – Eight weeks after receiving their first samples of Zika virus, scientists at the University...