People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
People carrying a certain gene variant that dictates fresh underarms are less likely to wear antiperspirant.
Scientists use virus-free gene therapy on patient-derived stem cells to repair spinal muscular atrophy in mice.
Maria Konnikova says the field of psychology has something to learn from great works of fiction.
A drug applied to the ears of deaf mice has prompted the regrowth of noise-damaged hair cells and resulted in slight improvements in the animals’ hearing.
Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
The highest court in the country has declined to hear an appeal regarding the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, allowing such spending to continue.
Stomachs of flesh-eating flies carry the DNA of animals in remote rainforests.
An international survey suggests that labs may not be safe as researchers think.
In the final chapter of his book on the origins of vertebrate sex, author and paleontologist John Long pays homage to the humble placoderm, which got the erotic ball rolling.
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