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Normal microorganisms in the intestines appear to play a pivotal role in how the HIV virus foils a successful attack from the body’s immune system,...

Gene-based personalized medicine has many possibilities for diagnosis and targeted therapy, but one big bottleneck: the expensive and time-consuming DNA-sequencing process. Illinois researchers found that...

One of the human body’s first responses to a viral infection is to make and release signaling proteins called interferons, which amplify the immune system...

For the first time ever, a paralyzed man can move his fingers and hand with his own thoughts thanks to an innovative partnership between The...

A University of Utah team discovered a method for turning a small, $40 needle into a 3-D microscope capable of taking images up to 70...

Recent advances that allow the precise editing of genomes now raise the possibility that fruit and other crops might be genetically improved without the need...

Researchers at the University of Bonn Hospital discover how our organism definitively detects RNA viruses Our immunosensory system detects virus such as influenza via specific...

During her postgraduate stay at the Tecnológico de Monterrey (ITESM), Blanca Lorena Villarreal developed a device that allows multiple robotic platforms to follow the path...

Dangerous brain tumors hijack the brain’s existing blood supply throughout their progression, by growing only within narrow potential spaces between and along the brain’s thousands...

Researchers have strived for years to determine how neurons are produced and integrated into the brain throughout adult life. In an intriguing twist, scientists reporting...

A new design aims to identify the memory of movement in the amputee's brain in order to manipulate the prosthetic device. Controlling a prosthetic arm...

A multicenter study including University of Kentucky researchers found that a new nerve repair technique yields better results and fewer side effects than other existing...

For the first time, scientists have uncovered new information on how stem cells in the human bowel behave, revealing vital clues about the earliest stages...

A method of growing human cells from tissue removed from a patient’s gastrointestinal (GI) tract eventually may help scientists develop tailor-made therapies for inflammatory bowel...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown cardiac molecule that could provide a key to treating, and preventing, heart failure. The newly discovered molecule provides the...