Credit: Brianna Jeska People are born with brains riddled with excess neural connections. Those are slowly pruned back until early childhood when, scientists thought, the...
Results of an initial study of tumors from patients with lung cancer or head and neck cancer suggest that the widespread acquired resistance to immunotherapy...
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Endometrial cancer triggers remain elusive, despite continued research. But given the typical inflammatory profile in these cases, microbes in the uterine environment...
TAMPA, Fla. - Lymphoma is the most common blood cancer. The disease occurs when immune cells called lymphocytes multiply uncontrollably. Cancerous lymphocytes can travel throughout...
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--Salk Institute scientists have solved the atomic structure of a key piece of machinery that allows HIV to integrate into human...
There are an estimated 5,000 - 7,000 rare genetic diseases, each of which can vary dramatically and be caused by a multitude of different genetic...
In 2017, NOAA Fisheries will award up to $100 million to restoration partners to implement projects addressing habitats and coastlines damaged by oil and chemical...
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Jan. 5, 2017 - Biologists on the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered...
Credit: John Ulan for the University of Alberta With a storied history that includes more than a half-century of research, a Nobel Prize, and multiple...
A new study suggests patients who recover slowly from non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) surgery may still benefit from delayed chemotherapy started up to four months...
New Haven, Conn.-- A new Yale study suggests that patients with a common form of lung cancer may still benefit from delayed chemotherapy started up...
Credit: Benny Goller Have you ever imagined what the world must look like to hummingbirds as they zoom about at speeds of up to 60...
Credit: Leah Stagljar In 2011, Igor Stagljar, a professor in the University of Toronto's Donnelly Centre, came across a study that genetically linked two genes...
Scientists have revealed how cancer cells are able to break free of the physical restraints imposed by their surroundings in order to grow and spread...
Credit: Kelly Higgins for Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke -- even before conception -- appears to have a lingering impact...
