Genes that are thought to play a role in how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects our cells have been found to…
As Trump Praises Plasma, Researchers Struggle to Finish Critical Studies
Thousands of Covid-19 patients have been treated with blood plasma outside of rigorous clinical trials — hampering research that would…
Tool could improve success in translating drugs from animal studies to humans
A new computational tool could help better determine which drugs should move from animal testing to humans. It could also…
New molecule reverses Alzheimer’s-like memory decline
A drug candidate previously shown to slow aging in brain cells, successfully reversed memory loss in a mouse model of…
Stay Away From These 115 Hand Sanitizers, F.D.A. Warns
The agency has moved to keep several of the products, which it found to have inadequate concentrations of alcohol, from…
Stay Away From These 115 Hand Sanitizers, F.D.A. Warns
The agency has moved to keep several of the products, which it found to have inadequate concentrations of alcohol, from…
F.D.A. Adds More Hand Sanitizers to List of Products to Avoid
The agency has moved to keep several of the products, which it found to have inadequate concentrations of alcohol, from…
Increased global mortality linked to arsenic exposure in rice-based diets
Rice is the most widely consumed staple food source for a large part of the world’s population. It has now…
Key brain region was ‘recycled’ as humans developed the ability to read
A new study offers evidence that the brain’s inferotemporal cortex, which is specialized to perform object recognition, has been repurposed…
Can sleep protect us from forgetting old memories?
Researchers report that sleep may help people to learn continuously through their lifetime by encoding new memories and protecting old…