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Immunotherapy represents an exciting advance in cancer treatment that harnesses the immune system to seek and destroy cancer cells. The...

Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have uncovered a novel function of the gene PLK1 (polo-like kinase 1) that helps...

Tiny structures in our cells, called centrioles, control both cell division and motility. The number of these structures is highly...

(NEW YORK, NY, April 18, 2016) — RAS genes are mutated in more than 30 percent of human cancers and...

BOSTON (April 21, 2016) – Do survivors of childhood cancer return to normal health as they grow up? According to...

New data analyses found no association between anthracycline chemotherapy and greater risk of cognitive decline in breast cancer survivors, according...

PASADENA, Calif., April 21, 2016 –In a new study from Kaiser Permanente, researchers found the use of aromatase inhibitors, hormone-therapy...

LA JOLLA, Calif. – An eight-year-long accrual and analysis of the whole genome sequences of healthy elderly people, or "Wellderly,"...

A targeted therapy for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), the most aggressive form of breast cancer, has shown potential promise in...

More than 3 million Americans suffer from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a condition that usually emerges in childhood and...

The question is straightforward enough: How does the brain learn to make sense of the visual world? The full answer...

Strengthening and weakening the connections between neurons, known as synapses, is vital to the brain’s development and everyday function. One...

It may sound unusual, but it’s true: In recent years a growing number of people have been hooking their heads...

MIT and Harvard University neuroscientists have found a link between a behavioral symptom of autism and reduced activity of a...

Scientists have long wondered if the human brain contains neural mechanisms specific to music perception. Now, for the first time,...

Although it is known that psychiatric disorders have a strong genetic component, untangling the web of genes contributing to each...

MIT chemical engineers and neuroscientists have developed a new way to classify neurons by labeling and imaging the proteins found...

Male zebra finches, small songbirds native to central Australia, learn their songs by copying what they hear from their fathers....

Some mental illnesses may stem, in part, from the brain’s inability to correctly assign emotional associations to events. For example,...

On March 29, Nature Genetics published a research article entitled “Genetic lineage tracing identifies endocardial origin of liver vasculature”, from...