After decades of political wrangling, the European Union is poised to introduce a single patent system to reduce red tape and application costs for researchers and companies.
After decades of political wrangling, the European Union is poised to introduce a single patent system to reduce red tape and application costs for researchers and companies.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
| December 1, 2012
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Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
Autism researchers are testing the ability of whipworm eggs to treat autism in a new clinical trial.
Three patents on transgenic apes in the European Union will be challenged by animal rights activists.
Inflammatory signals in injured zebrafish brains promote the growth of new neurons.
An Israeli company plans to synthesize DNA on demand for anyone, including those outside of research labs.