The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
The Nobel Prize winner who discovered the gene that encodes the major histocompatibility complex passes away at age 90.
The bill to raise the debt ceiling and reduce the deficit would slash billions of dollars for basic scientific and medical research.
A new report says the FDA’s current oversight of medical devices is inadequate and should be revamped.
Motivated by a career-ending ligament tear, a former NFL player starts a company to test athletes' genetic predispositions to common sports injuries.
Using the strongest molecular binding partnership in biology to separate different cell types
Isolating specific cell types from a mass of plant or animal tissue is laborious and tricky. To study epigenetic changes and genes that are expressed differently in different cell lineages—such as cancer cells versus normal cells, or the two types of
With mounting interest from biotechs, Big Pharma, and the federal government, research on rare diseases is burgeoning.
Gut bacteria may be the missing piece that explains the connection between diet and cancer risk.
A UK panel puts forth guidelines for research that use experimental animals harboring human cells and tissues.
Already reeling from a 20-year losing battle with a devastating disease, the banana variety eaten in the United States is now threatened by a new—but old—enemy.