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DNA isn’t the only decorated nucleic acid in the cell. Modifications to RNA molecules are much more common and are critical for regulating diverse biological processes.

Physical therapy and exercise are critical to the success of cell therapies approaching the clinic.

How one generation’s experience can affect the next

The newest life-science products making waves in labs and clinics

This year’s survey highlights dramatic regional, sector, and gender variations.

Low doses of environmental chemicals can make animals gain weight. Whether they do the same to humans is a thorny issue.

Obese people are at higher risk for developing cancer, have worse prognoses once diagnosed, and are often resistant to chemotherapy regimens. The question is, Why?

Young neurons in the adult human brain are likely critical to its function.

Next-generation sequencing has identified scores of new microorganisms, but getting even abundant bacterial species to grow in the lab has proven challenging.

How male and female brains diverge is a hotly debated topic, but the study of model organisms points to differences that cannot be ignored.

The form and function of the ears of modern land vertebrates cannot be understood without knowing how they evolved.

For decades, the only remedies for hearing loss were devices such as hearing aids or cochlear implants. Now, the first pharmaceutical treatments may be on the way.
 

From tossing out cross-contaminated cell lines to flagging genomic misnomers, a push is on to tidy up biomedical research.

Humans have spiked ecosystems with a flood of active pharmaceuticals. The drugs are feminizing male fish, confusing birds, and worrying scientists.

The maternal-fetal interface plays important roles in the health of both mother and baby, even after birth.

Researchers are borrowing designs from the natural world to advance biomedicine.

Putting the microbiome front and center in health care, in preventive strategies, and in health-risk assessments could stem the epidemic of noncommunicable diseases.

Increasingly precise remote-sensing data are helping researchers monitor and predict cases of infectious disease.

The eradication of smallpox set the standard for the global elimination of a devastating infectious disease. Will the ongoing polio and guinea worm campaigns be as successful?

How motion illusions trick the visual system, and what they can teach us about how our eyes and brains evolved