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The new policy will increase scrutiny and pressure on stem cell clinics, according to industry experts.

Patients who suffer a traumatic brain injury may exhibit abnormally abundant tau protein many years later, a new in vivo imaging technique reveals.

A Chicago-based center that has long operated a clinical trial program for stem cell therapies, has stopped recruiting further patients as its chief, Richard Burt, leaves for a research sabbatical.

Owner Huang Yu dug up his deceased cat to give its cells to the pet-cloning company Sinogene.

A study finds women continue to be underrepresented among science, engineering, and math professors, despite making up more than half the student population in these fields.

Modern-day populations in India descend from a mixture of peoples living thousands of years ago in South and Central Asia, including the Bronze-Age Indus Valley Civilization, two studies reveal.

In light of recent reports of electronic-cigarette–related illness and death, UNC Chapel Hill professor Robert Tarran discusses the dangerous effects of e-liquids on the lungs.

Eastern gray squirrels appear to ease up on vigilance behavior when the birds sound calm.

Antibiotics disrupt the immune response to the influenza vaccine in people who haven’t recently had exposure to the virus or immunization.

The agency joins a group of funders, cOAlition S, that supports making publications immediately available to the public for free.

The Jeffrey Epstein scandal has focused attention on funding of higher education institutions by patrons with disgraceful behavior.

The birds also decrease their heart rate and chill their blood to maintain flight in hypoxic conditions.