A new study reveals a large mix of microbes in most human belly buttons.
A new study reveals a large mix of microbes in most human belly buttons.
The malaria vaccine under development by GSK and the PATH initiative only protects about one in three babies, though some researchers say those odds are better than nothing.
A third dose of the MMR vaccine given during an intense outbreak appears to have provided herd-immunity to control the spread of the disease.
New noninvasive methods of selecting the most viable embryo could revolutionize in vitro fertilization.
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Successive awakening of soil microbes drives a huge pulse of CO2 following the first rain after a dry summer.
Large RNA-protein packets use a novel mechanism to escape the cell nucleus.
Preserved remains from the Andes yield clues about infectious diseases.
Comparing the protein profile of a 500-year-old Inca mummy to modern humans reveals an active lung infection prior to sacrifice.