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Novartis shares diabetes genomic data, and experts say there's more to come

A university investigation says a pre-eminent paper contains "significantly flawed" data, author argues conclusions still valid

A biologist and journalist review a Brooklyn artist's attempt to bring the zoo to SoHo

More than half of the 13 field labs, which inspect food and drugs, could be shuttered

A microbicide designed to ward off HIV is unexpectedly linked to an increased risk of infection, prompting speculation about the future of microbicides against HIV

A 2005 paper about premature ovarian failure is identical to a paper published in a Korean journal

In a study some experts say largely confirms previous work, a Japanese team shows new teeth can develop in the adult mouse mouth

The age-old practice may harm both science and scientists

The institution closes its health research facility and plans a $20 million renovation to maintain accreditation

A recent PhD pens a wildly popular online novel based on Phantom of the Opera

There's more evidence that neurogenesis occurs in the human olfactory bulb, but what do these new neurons actually do?

A University of Missouri probe of a Science paper exonerates the lead author and two co-authors, but a fourth author is on the lam, and still under scrutiny