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image of human lugs

Discovery could help improve cystic fibrosis treatment

Prevotella bacteria

Whopping big viruses prey on human gut bacteria

Sleep loss heightens pain sensitivity, dulls brain’s painkilling response

New interactive website puts street safety data at...

February 13, 2019

CRISPR-Cas9

U.S. patent office indicates it will issue...

February 8, 2019

vocal bursts map

Gasp! First audio map of oohs, aahs and uh-ohs spans...

February 4, 2019

the CasX protein

Scientists find new and smaller CRISPR gene...

February 4, 2019

A close up shot of a mosquito on a leaf.

Prior dengue infection could protect children from...

January 22, 2019

puzzle pieces in child's brain

Mouse studies question ‘inhibition’ theory of...

January 21, 2019

Why middle-class black women dread the...

January 18, 2019

fly brain

Thanks to rapid, 3D imaging, anyone can tour the fly...

January 17, 2019

ProCas9

Giving Cas9 an ‘on’ switch for better control of...

January 10, 2019

Minority Ph.D. students in STEM fare better...

January 9, 2019

graphic of human body showing tumor in liver

Drug sponge could minimize side effects of cancer...

January 9, 2019

A grey-colored sits on an illustration of a brain

Wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ could be new...

December 31, 2018

Artificial intelligence and laptop

Advancement of artificial intelligence opens health...

December 21, 2018

Another literary win against the stigma of mental...

December 11, 2018

image of microbes in fly gut

Social interactions among gut microbes shape our...

December 10, 2018

the yin and yang of dopamine

Dopamine’s yin-yang personality: It’s an upper...

December 10, 2018