The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to get new devices on the market sooner—and antibiotics may be next.
The US Food and Drug Administration is taking steps to get new devices on the market sooner—and antibiotics may be next.
Researchers identify microRNAs that keep cardiac cells healthy after heart attack, potentially paving the way for future heart regenerating therapies.
Amid controversy, the American Psychiatric Association has approved the fifth edition of its guidebook on mental disorders.
Elderly people are worse at spotting untrustworthy faces, possibly due to decreased activity in the brain region associated with such perceptions.
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.
| December 1, 2012
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A protein called Coco rouses dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.