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A groundbreaking study published in PLOS ONE by Prof. Iris Berent of Northeastern University and researchers at Harvard Medical School shows the brains of individual...

Researchers at IBM has given the transistor a major makeover, and it may enable the company to build computers that function more like the way...

Wellcome Trust-funded stem cell research has produced red blood cells fit for transfusion into humans, paving the way for the mass production of blood Photo...

Stem cells in bone marrow need to produce hydrogen sulfide in order to properly multiply and form bone tissue, according to a new study from...

Tissue engineering has been used to construct natural oesophagi, which in combination with bone marrow stem cells have been safely and effectively transplanted in rats....

Like rings of a tree, hair can reveal a lot of information about the past. It can tell if a person recently used drugs or...

As scientists catalog the trillions of bacteria found in every nook and cranny of the human body, a new look by the University of Michigan...

An article recently published in the International Journal of Surgery shows the potential applications for Google Glass in the surgical setting, particularly in relation to...

Synapses are the points of contact at which information is transmitted between neurons. Without them, we would not be able to form thoughts or remember...

Researchers at the Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience have recently discovered the process behind this phenomenon. The brain, it turns out, connects smells to memories...

A three-nation clinical trial found that a vaccine can safely help the vast majority of HIV-positive women produce antibodies against the cancer-causing human papillomavirus, even...

How do embryos form the cells in our lungs, muscles, nerves and other tissues? A new process decodes the genetic instructions that enable the all-purpose...

By tracking brain activity when an animal stops to look around its environment, neuroscientists at the Johns Hopkins University believe they can mark the birth...

Researchers have found a major piece of genetic evidence that confirms the role of a group of virus-fighting genes in cancer development. Dr Serena Nik-Zainal,...

T-cells are the body’s sentinels, patrolling every corner of the body in search of foreign threats such as bacteria and viruses. Receptor molecules on the...