Precise activation of tens of thousands of genes is critical for healthy development and growth. Specialized segments of our ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has cleared for marketing an innovative blood test with underlying technology ...

The Chagas disease parasite (Trypanosoma cruzi) undergoes a major transformation throughout its life cycle in order to infect ...

Australian researchers have uncovered a promising new way to tackle one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer, raising hopes for more effective treatments to stop the disease from spreading.

Bad housing, high crime and poor schools are more important than transportation or income when it comes to accessing healthy ...

For a new drug to work in the human body, it must make its way to the exact cell type where it's needed and then, in many cases, get inside the cells.

A study led by the University of Oxford has identified the brain mechanisms that help us work out whether the consequences we experience are caused by our own actions or by circumstances beyond our ...

Over the past five years, medications called GLP-1s have revolutionized the treatment of metabolic disorders like obesity, ...

A comprehensive review published in Engineering outlines multi-disciplinary engineering approaches addressing spinal cord injury (SCI), a debilitating central nervous system disorder triggering ...

Once a cell has locked into an abnormal state — the way cancer cells do — can it ever be restored back to normal? A KAIST research team has identified the 'molecular lock' that keeps cells trapped in ...

The United Kingdom's vote to leave the European Union (EU) was associated with major changes in health care worker migration and worsening physician shortages in England, according to a new study ...