Biomedicine & Disease

An old two-story brick building in a shabby part of town, formerly a distribution center for Budweiser beer, is now ...

We still hear and read a lot about how a diet based on what our Stone Age ancestors ate may ...

James Watson, the famed molecular biologist and co-discoverer of DNA, is putting his Nobel Prize up for auction. This sad ...

One of Europe’s most prestigious medical universities, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, has launched two investigations into the clinical procedures ...

Experts say they have achieved a scientific milestone - creating enzymes out of artificial genetic material that they made in ...

Anthony Shelton, entomologist and professor, Cornell University; David Shaw, vice president for Research and Economic Development, Mississippi State University ...

The laboratory mouse really lies at the foundation of numerous life science studies, but is it an appropriate model in ...

Nassim Taleb, author of "The Black Swan" and other books, and his co-authors on a recent working paper suggest that we ...

In 1970 I discovered the prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, which is now the most widely used tool in prostate screenings ...

Life on this planet has existed for at least 3.5 billion years. For most of that time, it was microscopic ...

People fear the effects or radiation, particularly in the aftermath of nuclear disasters, but not all the health news after ...

Despite the loud voices of disinformation, the scientific community has overwhelmingly agreed that there is no causal link between vaccines ...

Since 2012, the distinguished Scottish biologist Anne Glover has served as chief scientific adviser to the President of the European ...

Ten years ago, scientists discovered that some people are naturally missing working copies of a gene known as PCSK9. The ...

Welcome to the brave new world of technology-enhanced human reproduction with its promise of alleviating the heartache of infertility, and ...

Canada is gearing up to pass a law against genetic discrimination. How is the rest of the world dealing with ...

A just release paper confirms male homosexuality is associated with a particular section of the X chromosome. Researchers are convinced ...

Two "Harvard studies" by nutritionist Chensheng Lu are the linchpin of the claim that we face a global bee collapse ...

With a virus threatening the crops of up to 70 percent of Kenya's maize farmers, a number of lawmakers are ...

A small technology venture, called Applied Biotechnology Institute (ABI) in San Luis Obispo, CA, a lovely small city along the Central ...

Advances in cancer diagnosis and treatment could yield valuable insights for depression researchers, who struggle to understand the role of ...

A tapeworm that usually infects dogs, frogs and cats has made its home inside a man's brain. Sequencing its genome ...

Mars is a long way off. About 34 million miles away, depending on planetary orbits. Space agencies planning a mission ...

In an extensive, multi-institution study led by SUNY Downstate Medical Center, researchers have identified new evidence supporting the growing belief ...

Antibodies and T cell receptors recognize all of the proteins in our bodies, and thereby provide a record of everything ...

On Friday, November 7, 2014, the U.S. Department of Agriculture cleared the path to commercialization for a “genetically modified” potato ...

When we talk about viruses, usually we focus on the suffering caused by Ebola, influenza and the like. But our ...