High doses of 60 plus-year-old chemo drug found to spur immune system attack on lymphoma
Cyclophosphamide not only kills cancer cells directly in large doses, but also spurs an immune system attack on the cells
A bacteria likely to reduce the cardiovascular risks of 1 in 2 people
University of Louvain research in world premiere
Study shows some generics can cost Medicare recipients more than brand-name drugs
Medicare enrollees may pay more out of pocket for high-priced specialty generic drugs than their brand-name counterparts
Five Things We Found in the FDA's Hidden Device Database
After two decades of keeping the public in the dark about millions of medical device malfunctions and injuries, the Food and Drug Administration has published the once hidden database online, revealing 5.7 million incidents publicly for the first time.
Bonobo diet of aquatic greens may hold clues to human evolution
Bonobos foraging in swamps for iodine-rich aquatic herbs may explain how the nutritional needs of prehistoric humans in the region were met
The neuroscience of autism: New clues for how condition begins
Scientists have uncovered details of a key cellular mechanism crucial for proper brain development; it involves a gene that, when mutated, had previously been linked to the development of autism
Antibiotics weaken flu defenses in the lung
Antibiotics can leave the lung vulnerable to flu viruses, leading to significantly worse infections and symptoms, finds a new study in mice led by the Francis Crick Institute.
Promising approach: Prevent diabetes with intermittent fasting
Mice on an intermittent fasting regimen exhibited lower pancreatic fat
Explorers to voyage to Japan in primitive boat in hopes of unlocking an ancient mystery
Adventurers will attempt to paddle a primitive hand-hewn canoe across 200 kilometers of ocean
Saturn's Icy Moon Enceladus Is Likely the 'Perfect Age' to Harbor Life
Below the ice-covered surface of Saturn's moon Enceladus hides a vast ocean.
879% drug price hike is one of 3,400 in 2019 so far; rate of hikes increasing
Despite public and political pressure, pharma keeps on ratcheting up prices.
Researchers Generate Model of Human Embryo from Human Stem Cells
Scientists have created living entities that resemble very primitive human embryos, the most advanced example of these structures yet created in a lab.
Ancient DNA sheds light on the origins of the Biblical Philistines
Ancient genomes suggest that the Philistines descended from people who migrated across the Mediterranean and reached the shores of the southern Levant at the beginning of the Iron Age
Molecular thumb drives: Researchers store digital images in metabolite molecules
It's possible to store and retrieve data stored in artificial metabolomes
First complete wiring diagram of an animal's nervous system
First complete wiring diagram of the nervous system of C. elegans
Scientists see how a protein preserves vision in a unique group of diabetic patients
Protein identified that protects against diabetic retinopathy
Immune cells invade aging brains, disrupt new nerve cell formation, Stanford study finds
Immune cells infiltrate the rare newborn nerve-cell nurseries of the aging brain
Cold Case Closed: Scientists Pin 33,000-Year-Old Murder on a Left-Handed Paleo Killer
One of the coldest cases on record - a man's mysterious death about 33,000 years ago - has finally been solved
Low Levels of 'Bad' Cholesterol May Have a Downside
Study suggests it may be possible for cholesterol levels to be too low
The Lancet: Nerve transfer surgery restores hand function and elbow extension in 13 young adults with complete paralysis
13 young adults with tetraplegia are able to feed themselves, hold a drink, brush their teeth, and write as a result of a novel surgical technique which connects functioning nerves with injured nerves to restore power in paralyzed muscles
Strain of common cold virus could revolutionize treatment of bladder cancer
Strain of the common cold virus has been found to potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer
Area for restoring trees far greater than imagined and 'best climate change solution available'
Earth could support enough additional trees to reduce carbon levels in the atmosphere by nearly 25%
DNA Data Storage Is Closer Than You Think
Life's information-storage system is being adapted to handle massive amounts of information
Neil Armstrong: First Man on the Moon, and Its First Great Geologist
Had the Apollo program stopped after July 21, 1969, another astronaut says, its lunar samples would have been enough to reshape knowledge of the solar system.
Scientists Discover Vortex Around Black Hole Spinning at 70 Percent the Speed of Light
Astronomers have measured the spin of five supermassive black holes located around 10-11 billion light-years from Earth-and the results reveal that they are moving at staggering speeds.