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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...

Researchers develop new method for lowering high blood pressure without side effects. The cuff is equipped with electrodes that can lower blood pressure without causing...

Scientists have taken a large step toward making a fiber-like energy storage device that can be woven into clothing and power wearable medical monitors, communications...

With its palm open, the robot is completely motionless. A split second later, it suddenly unwinds and catches all sorts of flying objects thrown in...

New atlas of molecules paves the way for improved understanding of metabolic diseases. In the most comprehensive exploration of the association between genetic variation and...

Harvard scientists have merged stem cell and 'organ-on-a-chip' technologies to grow, for the first time, functioning human heart tissue carrying an inherited cardiovascular disease. The...