I think Jeffrey Friedman, the discoverer of leptin, is someone who I would love to see awarded the Nobel Prize. It's hard to think of something else that is as impactful. Leptin is a hormone released ...

Cas9 to study the genetic causes of vision loss and potential regenerative therapies at the Albert Einstein College of ...

Scientists have had prenatal gene therapy in their sights for decades; by treating the fetus in utero, they can potentially prevent the long-term damage caused by severe, early-onset genetic disorders ...

Researchers identified a stem cell population that declines during aging, but anti-aging drugs may help restore their ...

Former NIH director Monica Bertagnolli and other scientists discussed the impact of reduced funding on cancer research and patient care at an AACR meeting panel. In a panel discussion at the American ...

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. (NYSE: BIO and BIO.B), a global leader in life science research and clinical diagnostics products, and Gencurix, Inc. (KOSDAQ: 229000), a leading Korean developer of ...

As the agency evaluates the utility of human embryonic stem cells in research, scientists warn that restricting the cells ...

Combining fossil and geochemical analysis, researchers showed that eukaryotic cells were already complex and aerobic 1.7 ...

Although the current hantavirus outbreak has infected 11 people and claimed the lives of three, experts emphasized that the ...

When the sun sets in Tasmania, a creature with fur as dark as the night emerges from its den to begin its search for food, scavenging for carrion and hunting small mammals and birds. To many, it’s ...