Your genes play a huge role in what makes and shapes your entire existence. Since you inherit your genes from your parents, ...

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a promising new approach that could be used to treat a rare and ...

The UMass Chan Medical School in Worcester announced Thursday it received a $35 million gift that aims to advance research to ...

LATS1/2-inactivation and consequent nuclear YAP/TAZ hyperactivation in the mammary epithelium drives the development of a pro ...

You may have heard about the large underground seed vault in Svalbard, Norway, which opened in 2008. But you might be ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define ...

Aging is a privilege, but it also brings risks—including an increased likelihood of developing age-related diseases including ...

After the National Institutes of Health issued an order Friday night that would dramatically reduce funding, professor ...

By analyzing E. coli protein levels, scientists found a surplus of membrane shuttle proteins that may play a role in antibiotic resistance.

Aging is a privilege, but it also brings risks-including an increased likelihood of developing age-related diseases including cancer.

There exists no ‘amyloid cabal’” in Alzheimer’s research, neurologist Dennis Selkoe writes in response to Charles Piller’s “Doctored.” ...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an extremely rare and fatal brain-wasting disease that's like a human version of "mad cow." ...