Breeding plants that can convert more carbon dioxide to food could help feed a growing population.
Breeding plants that can convert more carbon dioxide to food could help feed a growing population.
The National Institutes of Health reveals a controversial plan to regulate the funding of H5N1 research.
Researchers develop a practical technique for deriving stem cells from routine blood samples.
While exploring the genetics of a rare type of tumor, Stephen Baylin discovered an epigenetic modification that occurs in most every cancer—a finding he’s helping bring to the clinic.
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Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
A hormone called jasmonate mediates plants' responses to touch and can boost defenses against pests.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
A protein called Coco rouses dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
Autism researchers are testing the ability of whipworm eggs to treat autism in a new clinical trial.