A surgeon can excise breast cancer from the body, but even the most skilled scalpel may not be able to remove every ...

City of Hope researchers have co-led the first study to demonstrate that characterizing genetic material near chromosomes ...

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center researchers have identified a metabolic switch that determines whether intestinal stem ...

The horrendous images of the Air India plane that crashed yesterday, killing at least 200 of the 242 people who were aboard, ...

A new lab-grown material has revealed that some of the effects of aging in the heart may be slowed and even reversed. The ...

Given that the Australian government heavily subsidizes pharmaceuticals— spending more than $AU16.7 billion annually through ...

Chemotherapy is a vital treatment for people with all forms of cancer. It's a process that uses drugs designed to kill, ...

The cerebral cortex, the outermost layer of the brain, is the central driver of various human capabilities, including ...

It was 2006 when Dr. Daniel Gibbs first noticed he was losing his sense of smell. But it wasn't what he didn't smell that tipped him off that something might be wrong.

For people with advanced heart failure, left ventricular assist devices, or LVADs, can be a literal lifesaver.

The activity of the human brain is known to be closely connected to other physiological signals, such as heart rate and ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced a slate of eight new members to serve on the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...