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The 12-million-year-old bones of a previously unknown species named Danuvius guggenmosi challenge the prevailing view about when and where our ancestors first started walking upright.

Voters approved a measure to double the state’s Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas.

Colorectal tumor cells limit their DNA repair in response to a targeted therapy, giving them a greater chance to develop resistance to the drug.

Cardiomyocytes made from iPSCs aboard the International Space Station had upregulated mitochondrial functioning.

A study identifies five women who have a functioning sense of smell despite an apparent lack of olfactory bulbs—the region of the brain that processes odors.

Staff were told in August that the National Institute on Drug Abuse’s scientific director Antonello Bonci was leaving to pursue a new opportunity, with no mention of the complaints against him.

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.