Researchers at the University of Adelaide have shown how a complex mix of plant compounds derived from ancient clinical practice in China -- a... +more
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time the 'perfect storm' of conditions that cells need to start forming cancer, helping to explain why... +more
No one knows exactly how it happened. It may have entered through a cut or bite wound, the blood of a chimpanzee seeping into an exposed fingertip or... +more
An exhaustive look at how bacteria hold their ground and avoid getting pushed around by their environment shows how dozens of genes aid the essential... +more
A major reason why cancer drugs fail is that they cannot penetrate the high-pressure environment of solid tumors. A study published May 10th in... +more
Fully functioning pancreatic cells that produce insulin have been created in the laboratory from human stem cells for the first time.
The research... +more
A typical mouse laboratory is kept between 20 and 26 degrees C, but if the mice had it their way, it would be a warm 30 degrees C. While the mice are... +more