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Credit: Credit: QUT, Arutha Kulasinghe New QUT research has shed fresh light on how head and neck cancer spreads to other organs and researchers are...

BOSTON - More than three decades after the identification of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), scientists are still working to develop a preventative vaccine that...

New York, NY (July 6, 2018) - The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation named six new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators at its spring 2018 Clinical...

Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Like a mentor helping medical students choose between specialties, a protein complex helps shape the destiny of developing T...

Researchers have found that consuming a broth rich in umami--or savory taste--can cause subtle changes in the brain that promote healthy eating behaviors and food...

Credit: Aleksandra Krolik / EMBL With antibiotic resistance spreading worldwide, there is a strong need for new technologies to study bacteria. EMBL researchers have adapted...

Credit: Kulesa Lab KANSAS CITY, MO - Neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer of the sympathetic nervous system, is particularly deadly because it is difficult to...

(University of Cambridge) Two competing theories about the human occupation of Southeast Asia have been debunked by groundbreaking analysis of ancient DNA extracted from 8,000-year-old...

Frozen corn and possibly other frozen vegetables produced in a company in Hungary are the likely source of an outbreak of Listeria monocytogenes that has...

Credit: Dan Addison | University of Virginia Communications A new technique for precisely targeting molecules within cells is paving the way for safer medicines that...

Credit: Sampayo et al., 2018 New research uncovers how a sticky protein called fibronectin promotes the activity of estrogen in breast cancer cells. The study,...

PULLMAN, Wash. A critical link in mapping recurrent mutations of melanoma -- the most serious form of skin cancer in humans -- has been discovered...

Credit: KAIST A KAIST research group presented photonic capsules for injectable laser resonators using microfluidic technology. The capsule's diameter is comparable to a human hair...

Credit: Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (July 6, 2018)--A team of engineers led by Tufts University has developed a prototype bandage designed to actively monitor the...

Susanne Åkesson, a biologist at Lund University in Sweden, refutes the theory that zebras have striped fur to stay cool in the hot sun. That...