The researchers intend for the tool to eventually help doctors make treatment decisions.

Eaton studied morphology and growth during development at the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics.

If a system tested in decapitated pigs ever gets to human clinical trials, neuroscientific and ethical reasons point to testing babies before adults.

A comparison of thousands of former athletes in the two sports finds that NFL players were more likely than MLB players to die from cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases, in particular.

Better treatment and diagnoses have helped more people survive, but economic disparities in outcomes for some preventable cancers have gotten worse.

Two professors have been arrested for negligence in connection with the blast.

Rabson’s career at the National Cancer Institute spanned six decades.

The Nobel laureate’s discoveries led to a treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Vaccination reduced the risk of death by two-thirds for children with no other health problems.