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The fish continue to spawn over a large area despite a drop in their numbers, a study finds.

The World Health Organization and its partners will test the public health effect of immunization in parts of Malawi, Ghana, and Kenya.

An early-stage clinical study finds that none of the 25 patients treated developed neurotoxicity or cytokine release syndrome, common hazards of the cancer immunotherapy.

Spotted coin spider colors are a Swiss army knife of deception, bringing food closer, and keeping assailants at bay.

The center had received letters from NIH about researchers’ violations of granting agency policies and intellectual property theft in 2018.

A memo distributed to employees of the US Department of Agriculture requires them to include a disclaimer that their peer-reviewed work doesn’t represent agency findings or policy.

Two studies, taken together, imply that sequencing can identify a genetic cause for ultrasound abnormalities in roughly 10 percent of cases.

CRISPR reagents injected into the amniotic fluid inactivated a gene in the fetuses that would normally cause lung disease and kill the mice a few hours after birth.

In a controversial first, Princeton University bans relationships between faculty and grad students campus-wide.

Mouse fathers whose sperm lacks the gene Kdm6a pass down altered methylation patterns to male offspring, along with a better chance of developing tumors and dying.

The fabella disappeared from our lineage millions of years ago, but over the last century, its presence in people’s knees has become more common.

The tool weighs millions of variants to determine how susceptible a person is to becoming obese.