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The human body produces chemical cues that communicate gender to members of the opposite sex, according to researchers who report...

Researchers have discovered that stem cells taken from teeth can grow to resemble brain cells, suggesting they could one day...

Johns Hopkins biochemists have figured out what is needed to activate and sustain the virus-fighting activity of an enzyme found...

Tracing where your DNA was formed over 1,000 years ago is now possible due to a revolutionary technique developed by...

Our brain activity is more similar to that of speakers we are listening to when we can predict what they...

Scientists have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain – 9,000 times faster and using significantly less...

Using somatic cell nuclear transfer, a team of scientists led by Dr. Dieter Egli at the New York Stem Cell...

Scientists studying cancerous tumour tissues in a laboratory believe they have identified a potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer....

Researchers discovered how to switch brain cells on or off with light pulses by using special proteins from microbes to...

Sometimes a full-on assault isn't the best approach when dealing with a powerful enemy. A more effective approach, in the...

Biologists have discovered how an outer shield over T-type channels change the electrochemical signaling of heart and brain cells. Understanding...

An international team led by King's College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) has developed the...

A study tracing the evolution of HIV in North America involving researchers at Simon Fraser University has found evidence that...

Drexel’s Wei Sun, PhD, Albert Soffa chair professor in the College of Engineering, has devised a method for 3D printing...

Researchers at UNSW Australia have for the first time used electrical pulses delivered from a cochlear implant to deliver gene...

New research suggests that attempts to isolate an elusive adult stem cell from blood to understand and potentially improve cardiovascular...

Purdue University researchers have identified an important enzyme pathway that helps prevent new cells from receiving too many or too...

Neuroscientists have discovered a brain pathway that underlies the emotional behaviours critical for survival. New research by the University of...

Man or woman? Male or female? In humans and other mammals, the difference between sexes depends on one single element...

New research published today out of the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) uncovers a mechanism to promote growth...