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Researchers have shown for the first time in an animal that is more closely related to humans that it is possible to make new bone...

A vaccine or other therapy directed at a single site on a surface protein of HIV could in principle neutralize nearly all strains of the...

Current computing is based on binary logic – zeroes and ones – also called Boolean computing. A new type of computing architecture that stores information...

While it seems like restoring blood flow to an injured leg would be a good thing, it can actually cause additional damage that hinders recovery,...

Using new stem cell technology, scientists at the Salk Institute have shown that neurons generated from the skin cells of people with schizophrenia behave strangely...

New research has found novel factors that affect the ability of fungi to be incorporated into microbial communities within the human body and thus new...

A U.S. and Korean research team has developed a chip-like device that could be scaled up to sort and store hundreds of thousands of individual...

Genetic material hitchhiking in our cells may shape physical traits more than we thought. In 2003, when the human genome had been sequenced, many people...

Researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Tokyo have created electronic devices that become soft when implanted inside the body...

Researchers at Children's Hospital Los Angeles have discovered that by targeting a particular receptor, chemotherapy-resistant cancer cells can be killed in an acute form of...

The ability to transfer a gene or DNA sequence from one animal into the genome of another plays a critical role in a wide range...

Viruses are the enigma of the biological world -- despite having their own DNA and being able to adapt to their environment and evolve, they...

Much like using dimmer switches to brighten or darken rooms, biochemists have identified a protein that can be used to slow down or speed up...

Researchers have uncovered an intricate chain reaction in the body’s immune system and have used the knowledge to develop a new treatment against harmful viruses....

Almost every biological process involves sensing the presence of a certain chemical. Finely tuned over millions of years of evolution, the body’s different receptors are...