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

Researchers have reprogrammed adult mouse cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, without the need for a stay in a Petri dish. The technique, published...

AIDS Vaccine Candidate Appears to Completely Clear Virus from the Body in Monkeys. An HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate developed by researchers at Oregon Health & Science...

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

Disease-causing bacteria stink -- literally -- and the odor released by some of the nastiest microbes has become the basis for a faster and simpler...

The human brain is exquisitely adept at linking seemingly random details into a cohesive memory that can trigger myriad associations -- some good, some not...

A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science and RNA sequencing, according to an international team...