The nationwide experiment will initially include around 100,000 volunteers.
The timing of meals affects the levels of lipids in the livers of mice, according to a study.
The timing of meals affects the levels of lipids in the livers of mice, according to a study.
Mouse and rat models of the developmental disorder responded positively to a drug given to their mothers a day before birth.
The National Institutes of Health is partnering with 10 drug companies to find new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, and lupus.
Chinese officials report the first two human cases of H10N8 avian influenza, one of which is linked to the death of a 73-year-old woman.
Some 1,300 species of microbes, including some associated with allergies and lung disease, are adrift in Beijing’s thick smog.
Meet some of the people featured in the February 2014 issue of The Scientist.
Until health care becomes truly personalized, race and ethnicity will continue to be important clues guiding medical treatments.
Is it possible to make a nonaddictive opioid painkiller?
Researchers are zeroing in on the origin of syphilis and related diseases, which continue to plague the human population some 500 years after the first documented case.