“I'm not a mad scientist. I'm absolutely furious.”

Treating mice with anti-inflammatory drugs following surgery reduced the size of tumors.

This is the first time the precise brain cells and their connections controlling a complex behavior have been worked out. 

An 88,000-year-old finger bone places human ancestors in Arabia earlier than previously believed.

The microbiologist’s research led to the development of the first human malaria vaccine.

The virus caused an outbreak that began in Guangdong Province and left nearly 25,000 piglets dead. 

The findings highlight the need for long-term monitoring of children exposed to the virus, say scientists. 

The yeast’s output of noscapine, a cough suppressant naturally made by poppies, is 18,000-fold higher than previous attempts.

Social insects kill infected individuals for the benefit of the colony—and now a study has shown how they know who’s sick.

In the presence of cytosolic DNA, cancer cells activate antiviral pathways that disguise them as immune cells.

Mice treated with an immunostimulant had better outcomes when researchers blocked the expression of TNFR2, a compound that helps tumors evade immune attack.

Mice with cancer whose KRAS proteins couldn’t link together had much better survival outcomes than those whose oncogenic mutant paired with wild-type KRAS.