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Macrophages play numerous roles within tumors, leaving cancer researchers with a choice: eliminate the cells or recruit them.

The neuronal coverings that mediate synaptic changes are involved in everything from memory to psychiatric disorders, affecting autism, Alzheimer’s, and addiction.

Multidrug combinations lead to better results for cancer patients, but efficiently identifying them is proving difficult.

Negotiations between the publisher and a national consortium of academic institutions have reached a stalemate.

A decade after chytridiomycosis killed scores of amphibians in Panama, some species are recovering. New research indicates why.  

An analysis of 49 patient samples finds high proportions of false positives and misinterpretation.

A study confirms that the spaces between cells are fluid-filled, rather than tightly packed with connective tissue, but pathologists say the findings’ implications remain to be seen.

Baby frogs don’t develop the neural circuitry responsible for feeding inhibition until they begin metamorphosing into adults. 

Following the conviction of MSU’s Larry Nassar for sexual abuse, his former boss, William Strampel, is charged with misconduct and possessing videos of female students.    

The drugs’ disruption of the microbiome makes a subsequent flavivirus infection more severe.

The Scientist looks at one such Houston-based purveyor that has been treating patients abroad for years with mesenchymal stem cells.

In 2017, the agency began posting redacted records, but Congress is now demanding full transparency.