Tailoring ethical oversight to participant-led research
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Tailoring ethical oversight to participant-led research
New research adds to an emerging picture of the changes that global warming and thinning ice are wreaking on the marine ecosystems at the top of the world.
In a pond, more amphibian species mean decreased chances of disease spread.
New amphibian species are being discovered at an exciting rate, yet they are also the vertebrates most at risk of extinction.
Tuberculosis bacteria find shelter from drugs and the body’s defenses in bone marrow stem cells.
Using a SMART card containing your genetic information and medical history, you could one day soon be diagnosed and treated for all kinds of diseases at an ATM-style kiosk.
A proposal to simulate all of Earth’s ecosystems is exposing a rift between small and big ecology.
From cardiovascular problems to neurological disorders, a plethora of new medical devices are reducing the need for surgery and improving the quality and safety of healthcare.
The majority of human melanomas contain mutations in a gene promoter, suggesting mutations in regulatory regions may spur some cancers.
Tumor cells rapidly divide by usurping a metabolic trick from normal cell development.