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Human Embryo Research Breakthrough Sparks Ethics Debate
By George Houston | May 05, 2016 06:39 AM EDTThe human embryo research controversy has once again been reopened after scientists made it public that they have finally lengthened the ability of a human embryo to survive beyond the authorized 14-day threshold.
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CDC Investigation Finds Man got Cancer from Tapeworms
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 05, 2015 09:45 AM ESTExperts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that a man died of cancer, which was transmitted from tapeworms.
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Starting HIV Treatment Early can Boost Immune Health, Study Reports
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 27, 2014 03:31 PM ESTAccording to researchers, treating HIV-1 as soon as it is diagnosed can reduce people's risk of developing AIDS by one half.
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Scientists Create First-Antibiotic Free Drug
By Cheri Cheng | Nov 06, 2014 03:05 PM ESTAccording to the team of scientists, they have developed the first-ever antibiotic-free drug.
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1.3 Billion-Year-Old Martian Meteorite Contains Cell-Like Structure
By Kamal Nayan | Oct 20, 2014 12:05 PM EDTResearchers have found a mysterious oval structure embedded deep within a famous Martian meteorite called Nakhla, according to a new study.
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Newly-Discovered Cells May Explain Oxytocin and Female Arousal Link
By Christine Hsu | Oct 10, 2014 06:00 PM EDTScientists have finally identified the mysterious process of how the "love hormone" piques female's sexual interest.
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Nobel Prize Awarded to 3 Scientists for Discovering the Brain’s “GPS”
By Cheri Cheng | Oct 06, 2014 09:33 AM EDTA British-American researcher, John O'Keefe and research team, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser from Norway were awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering the brain's inner navigational system.
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Healthy Fats can Help Damaged Heart Muscle Process Fuel
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 29, 2014 04:04 PM EDTAccording to researchers, healthy fats found in olive oil can help diseased heart muscle process and use fuel.
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Researchers Use MRIs To Track Emerging Cell Therapies
By Kamal Nayan | Sep 20, 2014 04:14 PM EDTResearchers have performed the first human test that uses a perfluorocarbon (PFC) tracer in combination with non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to track therapeutic immune cells injected into patients with colorectal cancer, according to a new study.
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Banked Blood Gets Stiffer with Time
By Cheri Cheng | Sep 05, 2014 09:30 AM EDTAccording to a new study, the longer blood is stored, the stiffer it gets, which can affect how effectively the blood transfers oxygen throughout the body.
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Mice Lacking a Specific Protein Live Longer, Study Finds
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 31, 2014 12:10 PM EDTA new study found that mice lacking the TRAP-1 protein lived longer with fewer age-related illnesses.
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Anesthesia Only Temporarily Disrupts Brain Cell Connections
By Cheri Cheng | Jul 28, 2014 02:03 PM EDTA new study conducted on rat models found that a popular general anesthetic only temporarily disrupts brain cell connections.
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Researchers Explain How Viruses Spread
By Kamal Nayan | Jun 10, 2014 10:11 AM EDTIn a new article, a team of researchers explained how RNA molecules found in certain viruses mimic the shape of other molecules as part of a strategy to 'hijack' the cell that results in producing more viruses.
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Measles Vaccine could be Key in Treating Cancer
By Cheri Cheng | May 15, 2014 02:08 PM EDTAccording to Mayo Clinic doctors, a patient suffering from blood cancer was treated effectively with a massive dose of the measles vaccine.
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Scientists Uncover How the Sperm Fertilizes the Egg
By Cheri Cheng | Apr 17, 2014 04:15 PM EDTScientists discovered a special protein on the egg cell that allows the sperm cell to fertilize it.
