Known as near-infrared photothermal therapy, this light-based treatment promises to cause less damage to healthy cells than ...

The discovery of a new mechanism of resistance to common antibiotics could pave the way for improved treatments for harmful ...

A discovery about the defence systems bacteria use to resist common antibiotics could pave the way for better treatments for ...

Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have discovered that certain p53 mutants hijack the DNA replication machinery ...

University of Delaware chemical engineer Catherine Fromen is developing ways to make drugs and therapies more effective for cancer patients. It’s work with real potential to improve human health. As a ...

A protein involved with cell death can be manipulated to slow or reverse tumor growth, a pair of new studies in mice found.

Scientists say they need better access to human brain tissue to understand how dementia, Alzheimer's, epilepsy, autism, ...

Salamanders use stress signals to prep their whole body to regrow limbs - offering new clues for human healing.

Cells convert mechanical forces into signals that influence physiological processes, such as exercise strengthening bones. A ...

By electrically stimulating macrophages, scientists at Trinity College Dublin have found a way to calm inflammation and promote faster healing. The process turns these immune cells into ...

As flu season approaches and public health officials roll out their annual push for vaccination, Allen Institute scientists ...

Cancer treatment has always been a balancing act—hit the tumor hard enough to kill it, but not so hard that the patient ...