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The initial findings from a small clinical trial of patients with multiple myeloma or sarcoma suggest that gene-edited immunotherapy is safe.

A woman whose DNA suggested she’d develop early-onset dementia staved off cognitive decline for decades.

Oligomannate, derived from a compound in seaweed, suppresses neural inflammation caused by gut bacteria in mice.

The radiation oncologist and chief medical executive at MD Anderson Cancer Center has not worked in government previously.

Half of early-career researchers say they’d participated in the peer review process with their mentors without getting credit.

Bats that share food with their hungry cage-mates stay close after being released.

Metabolic disrupters, phages, and other approaches are going to be needed to treat the broadest possible range of patients infected by bacterial pathogens resistant to multiple drugs.

Cable bacteria can live in stirred-up sediments by associating with structures built by Chaetopterus variopedatus.

For centuries, painters and poets have looked to the ocean for insight. Researchers, too, have found their muse in the Earth’s salty realm.

MRI scans from more than 800 incarcerated men pinpoint distinct structural features of people who have committed homicide, compared with those who carried out other crimes.

A love of music and science led the marine biologist to discover that whales sing songs, a discovery that he’s since used to convince the world the animals are worth saving.

To help create better conservation and management plans, researchers are measuring how marine organisms move between habitats and populations.