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Credit: K. Boztug and E. Salzer; CeMM/Wolfgang Däuble A multi-institutional, international team of scientists has discovered the genetic cause and...

http://scienmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/3d.mp4 Credit: Johan Lind (Disease Biophysics Lab), Alex Valentine, Lori K. Sanders (Lewis Lab)/Harvard University Harvard University researchers have m..

Credit: Kvon et al./Cell 2016 Snakes lost their limbs over 100 million years ago, but scientists have struggled to identify...

Credit: Quach et al./Cell 2016 It's long been clear that people from different parts of the world differ in their...

Boston, MA – Women may only need cervical cancer screening every 5-10 years–instead of every three years, as currently recommended–and...

Genetically engineered T cells, or CAR T cells, represent a promising approach to treat multiple types of cancer. These therapies...

A staggering 1.7 million persons in the United States will be diagnosed with cancer in 2016, with 600,000 cases ending...

Credit: BIDMC BOSTON – Conventional medical wisdom has long held that placebo effects depend on patients’ belief they are getting...

Choosing the best treatment for a cancer patient is often an inexact science. Drugs that work well for some patients...

Scientists have discovered a new way to look for ageing cells across a wide range of biological materials; the new...

Approximately 2.9 million people in the United States suffer from epilepsy, according to the CDC. For patients living with this...

MAYWOOD, IL – As demand for the widely used blood thinning drug heparin continues to grow, experts worry of possible...

Credit: David Wendell A University of Cincinnati scientist has engineered an environmentally friendly technology to zap outbreak-causing viruses and bacteria...

Multiple sclerosis is one of the most devastating neurodegenerative diseases. It affects some 2.5 million people worldwide. It has no...

CHICAGO — Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered a new pathway in the brain that can be manipulated to alleviate depression....

A new Tel Aviv University study finds that combining genetic therapy with chemotherapy delivered to a primary tumor site is...

Pete McCloskey, member of the PlantVillage team, uses a GoPro camera in a Tanzanian cassava field to shoot video from...

People with spinal cord injuries suffer from many complications in addition to paralysis and numbness. Some of these problems are...

In a recent study conducted by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and the Harvard Medical School, running in minimalist...

Researchers from Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, Duke University, and collaborators have identified a novel signaling system controlling neuronal...