A new way to extract bone-making cells from fat tissue
Within our fat lives a variety of cells with the potential to become bone, cartilage, or more fat if properly prompted.
Natural gene selection can produce orange corn rich in provitamin A for Africa, US
Orange corn, which is naturally high in provitamin A carotenoids, could help combat vitamin A deficiency in developing countries
Study: New device can slow, reverse heart failure
Cuff around aorta pumps blood from the heart, proves effective in some severe cases
Cancer medicine: New, improved, expensive and exploited?
First nationally representative empirical evidence suggesting that the 340B program's original intent is being eroded by the actions of certain hospitals
What 20 years of research on cannabis use has taught us
Wayne Hall, WHO Expert Advisor on addiction, reviews cannabis research since 1993
Warning: USB Malware Code Unleashed
USB sticks have an unfixable security flaw that can allow malware to take over your entire PC, without you knowing it.
Study Shows Coffee Drinking Habits Shaped by DNA Variations
Research Reveals Coffee Drinking Habits Shaped by Genetic Variations
Womb transplant: old uterus as good as a 20-year-old's
A woman has, for the first time, given birth to a healthy baby after receiving a uterus transplant.
NASA Data Show Earth’s Deep Ocean Has Not Warmed
NASA Shows Earths Ocean Abyss Has Not Warmed
Study: Stroke-fighting drug offers potential treatment for traumatic brain injury
The only drug currently approved for treatment of stroke's crippling effects shows promise, when administered as a nasal spray, to help heal similar damage in less severe forms of traumatic brain injury.
Study shows manure from cows not given antibiotics still causes increase in resistant bacteria in soil
Soil treated with manure from cows that never received antibiotics had more resistant bacteria than soil treated with nonorganic fertilizer
Oral chelation for environmental lead toxicity
Treatment with DMSA linked to reductions in the amount of lead inchildren’s  blood
Researchers identify 'Achilles heel' in metabolic pathway that could lead to new cancer treatment
Achilles heel"found  in a metabolic pathway crucial to stopping the growth of lung cancer cells.
A universal Ebola drug target
New study reports design, characterization of universally conserved drug target for current, future strains of virus
H7N9 flu vaccine study shows adjuvant is essential for effective immune response
Immune response found in participants who received injections of low dose inactivated vaccine mixed with adjuvant
Very low concentrations of heavy metals and antibiotics contribute to resistance
Plasmids containing genes conferring antibiotic resistance enriched by very low concentrations of antibiotics and heavy metals
Do We Doodle Because We Speak?
Scribbling and sketching aren’t just practices to idle time away, but a more fundamental indication of our need for language
Garlic injection for tree disease
Injecting trees with a concentrated form of garlic might help save trees in the UK from deadly diseases.
Cancer Spreads Through Our Bodies at Night
This could mean that therapies delivered after dark might be more effective
Japan Nobel winner is salaryman who took on bosses
Japan celebrated three more Nobel prizes Wednesday, including for a scientist remembered as the salaryman who stood up to a corporation - and won.
Complaining in everyday conversations
Complaining has become so pervasive that it creeps into conversations from the dinner table to the workplace.
Could Multiple Sclerosis Begin in the Gut?
MS researchers are focusing on the content of the gut’s microbiome as a possible contributor to the body’s autoimmune attack on its nervous system
Patient's dramatic response and resistance to cancer drug traced to unsuspected mutations
DNA of woman whose lethal thyroid cancer "melted away" for 18 months has revealed new mechanisms of cancer response
Mind-controlled prosthetic arms that work in daily life are now a reality
For the first time, robotic prostheses controlled via implanted neuromuscular interfaces have become a clinical reality. A novel osseointegrated (bone-anchored) implant system gives patients new opportunities in their daily life and professional activities.
Cave Paintings in Indonesia May Be Among the Oldest Known
Paintings of hands and animals in seven limestone caves on Sulawesi may be as old as the earliest European cave art
UW fusion reactor concept could be cheaper than coal
Fusion energy almost sounds too good to be true – zero greenhouse gas emissions, no long-lived radioactive waste, a nearly unlimited fuel supply.
Computer mind meld gives voice to man after a stroke
LOCKED in but not shut out: for the first time people who have lost the ability to move or talk because of a stroke may be able to communicate with their loved ones using a brain-computer interface.
Why do people risk infection from bat meat?
Researchers investigate what drives consumption of bat bushmeat
Study shows teacher expectations match student success
A study of over 4000 students has revealed their success was influenced by the expectations of the people teaching them.
When judging art, men and women stand apart
The sexes show stark differences in how they evaluate art, finds a new study co-authored by a Michigan State University marketing scholar.
Nobel Shocker: RCA Had the First Blue LED in 1972
Nearly 20 years before Japanese scientists finished work leading to their Nobel Prize, a young researcher at RCA ad already turned on an LED that glowed blue
Stunning finds from ancient Greek shipwreck
New Antikythera discoveries prove luxury cargo survives
Remains of Alexander the Great's Father Confirmed Found
A team of Greek researchers has confirmed that bones found in a royal tomb indeed belong to the Macedonian King Philip II
Researchers reveal lung cancer can stay hidden for over 20 years
Lung cancers can lie dormant for over 20 years before suddenly turning into an aggressive form of the disease
More Americans Speak Arabic at Home Than Italian or Polish
21 percent of Americans speak another language at home
A heroic family fight against paralysis
Ten years after the death of everyone's favourite Superman, Christopher Reeve, his son Matthew Reeve is pushing ahead with a spine-tingling clinical trial
Instead of Growing Meat in a Lab, Why Not Make It Out of Plants?
"Plant blood" is the secret behind the I-can't-believe-it-isn't-meat company, Impossible Foods
Researchers Uncover Molecular Process in the Brain that Transforms White Fat into Brown Fat
Yale scientists uncover how a molecular process in the brain that known to control eating transforms white fat into brown fat, impacting how much energy we burn and how much weight we can lose.
Harvoni, a Hepatitis C Drug From Gilead, Wins F.D.A. Approval
The first complete treatment for hepatitis C that requires taking only a once-a-day pill won approval Friday from the Food and Drug Administration.
Doctors Without Borders Evolves as It Forms the Vanguard in Ebola Fight
Doctors Without Borders remains the primary international medical aid group battling Ebola
Treating C. diff infection with oral, frozen encapsulated fecal material
Treating C. diff by oral administration of frozen encapsulated fecal material from unrelated donors
US edges closer to energy independence
Demand outstripped supply by the lowest level in 30 years.
Bioinspired coating for medical devices repels blood and bacteria
Developed using FDA-approved materials, the coating prevented flowing blood from clotting in a large animal efficacy study
'IMPs' on moon point to recent lava flows
The man in the moon may still have some fire in his belly.