Boosting the milk of premature babies with healthy bacteria may have helped halve the number of serious gut problems and…
Stem cell transplants used to grow fully functional lungs in mice
Researchers have used transplanted stem cells to grow lungs in mice. Findings could lead to new options for lung transplant…
Learning to stop cancer at its roots
Leukemia stem cells initiate and sustain leukemia, but researchers have found a way to steer them toward a path of…
Insights on the effects of cannabidiol on severe form of epilepsy
New results may help explain why cannabidiol — a chemical component of marijuana with no psychoactive properties — reduces the…
Modified CRISPR gene editing tool could improve therapies for HIV, sickle cell disease
Researchers may have found a way to sharpen the fastest, cheapest and most accurate gene editing technique, CRISPR-Cas9, so that…
Researchers lay out first genetic history of Rome
Despite extensive records of the history of Rome, little is known about the city’s population over time. A new genetic…
Neanderthal extinction linked to human diseases
Complex disease transmission patterns could explain why it took tens of thousands of years after first contact for our ancestors…
New X-ray technology could revolutionize how doctors identify abnormalities
Using ground-breaking technology, researchers are testing a new method of X-ray imaging that uses color to identify microfractures in bones.…
Prevalence of hepatitis C rates in Ohio may indicate highest areas of opioid misuse
Researchers studied hepatitis C rates within the state and discovered consistently high rates in the southern Appalachia region over a…
Imagined movements can alter our brains
Brain-computer interfaces have a structural impact on brain substance.