Trophoblasts, collected from the mother during a blood draw, can determine fetal genetic abnormalities currently diagnosed through amniocentesis or chorionic villi sampling.

The school will not return donations from the family that made its riches on opioids, but the university will start a $3 million endowment for addiction prevention and treatment.

The company and its partner halted two clinical trials for futility early this year, but now say they’ll seek approval for aducanumab.

Macrophages transport HIV-like particles into lymph nodes during infection.

The silicon chips receive and send electrical signals, recreating activity from neurons in the rat brain that play a role in breathing and thinking.

From 1969 to 1988, 25,000 infants were born early each year as a result of hot weather, and with global warming pushing temperatures higher, more babies will be at risk for early birth.

The public health emergency has spurred a mass vaccination campaign.

The drug, called memantine, could enter clinical trials to determine its effectiveness in humans.

A look at some of the circulating molecules that may indicate various Alzheimer’s pathologies and serve as the bases of noninvasive tests for the disease.