Often, science moves ahead incrementally. Yet sometimes it advances in dramatic leaps and bounds that can stir new hopes for medical benefits while shaking society...
Until recently, a lack of blood flow in the brain was thought to guarantee instant, irreversible death. But researchers reported in Nature in April that this may...
Nearly 37 million people have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the cause of AIDS. The go-to treatment for the infection, antiretroviral therapy (ART), can prevent the...
Researchers at the University of Toronto have identified a key protein that supports the growth of many colorectal cancers. The study, which will be published...
A device to quickly capture and identify various strains of virus has been developed, according to researchers at Penn State and New York University. Currently,...
Brains are highly adaptable. Neuronal connections are constantly changing, molded by what people experience in their daily lives. New memories, information learned, and new skills...
Emerging fluctuation-based functionalities are expected to open a way to novel memory device technology An international joint research team led by NIMS succeeded in fabricating...
By introducing a chemical cocktail to granulosa cells, researchers in China induced the cells to transform into functional oocytes in mice. Once fertilized, these oocytes...
Certain bacteria can override a defence mechanism of the immune system, so called programmed cell death, through inhibition of death effector molecules by their outer...