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Exposure to dim light at night speeds the growth of human breast cancer tumors implanted into rats and makes the cancer resistant to the drug tamoxifen.

Researchers find that a type of neurodegeneration in mice is linked to ribosomal stalling during protein translation in the brain.

A former graduate student says he feels slighted by a failure to attribute his contributions to a line of research regarding the salinity tolerances of an invasive species.

Due to the effects of climate change, female fur seals that successfully breed do so later in life and are more likely to have increased variability within their genomes.

The microbial contents of sand fly stomachs may have important consequences for the spread of leishmaniasis.

Researchers are on a mission to identify blood-borne biomarkers for dementia. Will this year’s high-profile successes pave the way?

Recent security issues within US government labs reveal deficiencies in biorisk management programs.

Researchers use the CRISPR/Cas9 method to remove the virus from the host genome in human cell lines.

Scientists discover a broad spectrum of alternatively spliced human protein variants within a well-studied family of genes.  

A new study finds that Helicobacter pylori home in on small lesions in the stomach and promote ulceration within minutes of epithelial injury.

A round-up of recent discoveries in behavior research

Direct reprogramming of cardiac muscle cells into pacemaker cells gives pig hearts back their rhythm.