Contraception and family planning are vital aspects of sexual and reproductive health and rights. Despite major advances in ...

As chronic liver disease becomes more widespread, researchers at Science Tokyo have developed a lab-grown organoid that ...

Florida Atlantic University neuroscientists have uncovered a surprising role for a protein named "Frazzled" (known as DCC in ...

The vestibular system is responsible for the sense of balance in the inner ear. Prolonged use of toxic substances, such as certain antibiotics or anticancer drugs, can damage the hair cells that form ...

Despite enormous progress in the past two decades, the intentional control of bionic prostheses remains a challenge and the ...

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern ...

An international research consortium co-led by scientists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the University of Toronto and University of Pittsburgh has mapped the functional impact of more ...

Synchronization abounds in nature: from the flashing lights of fireflies to the movement of fish wriggling through the ocean, ...

Ramnik Xavier, MD, PhD, of the Department of Molecular Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital, is the senior author of a paper published in Science, "Regional encoding of enteric nervous system ...

People living with HIV who smoke are currently more likely to die from lung cancer than from HIV-related causes. Two cancer ...

Some products of arachidonic acid have already been well studied: the prostanoids formed by cyclooxygenases are central ...

Low body weight in young women has been linked to a range of health concerns, including disrupted menstrual cycles, ...