A 30-year-old technique to record the electrical activity of neurons gets a robotic makeover.
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A 30-year-old technique to record the electrical activity of neurons gets a robotic makeover.
A growth factor isolated from human stem cells shows promising results in a mouse model of multiple sclerosis.
Ancient bacteria living in deep-sea sediments are alive—but with metabolisms so slow that it’s hard to tell.
Researchers identify the first circadian clock component conserved across all three domains of life.
Amgen’s incomplete report on an early major trial of epoetin misled the medical community about the anemia drug’s risks and benefits—and helped make Amgen rich.
Researchers identify two new DNA repair systems, in addition to four that were already known, that can attack unprotected telomeres.
Editors at PLoS Medicine suggest that merely disclosing conflicts of interest is insufficient and possibly even counterproductive.
With 12 new tuberculosis vaccines in clinical development, a plan is needed to introduce the most effective ones throughout the world.
A once rare mobile genetic element could be the cause of a MRSA epidemic in Chinese hospitals.
A mosquito-killing fungus shows promise as an effective dengue-control agent.