Sleep-wake cycles affect how well our bodies fight disease.
Sleep-wake cycles affect how well our bodies fight disease.
Are states with less rigorous rules about which children can claim an exception from vaccination in kindergarten putting communities at higher risk of childhood disease?
A human trial of a hepatitis C treatment is shut down after one of the participants died.
Mice with inflammatory bowel disease harbor gut bacteria that damage host DNA, predisposing mice to cancer.
A researcher from the John Wayne Cancer Institute has settled his scientific misconduct case with the Office of Research Integrity.
Lymphatic vessels grow towards two chemokines, revealing signals that could be important in cancer metastasis.
On the 10th anniversary of The Scientist’s survey of life science academics, institutions are contending with tighter budgets and larger administrative staffs, while working to sustain and inspire their researchers.
Like commensal gut organisms, skin microbiota appear to help the mammalian immune system mature and stay regulated.
Genomic analyses reveal that the polar bear evolved between 4 and 5 million years ago, far earlier than previous studies had estimated.
Publicly accessible databases now store nearly 1 million gene-expression datasets, giving researchers a robust resource for discovery.