The 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded jointly to Robert J. Lefkowitz and Brian Kobilka for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors, which are the portals by which information about the environment reaches the interior of cells and leads to their responses...
Physicians struggle to curb the growing number of lethal overdoses
The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent
The black mamba's venom has a special ingredient: a painkiller as potent as morphine. Christopher Intagliata reports
The wrinkle treatment prevents face muscles from registering negative emotions
Polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids are important parts of a healthy diet, but supplement studies have numerous sampling problems
Genetic analyses found herbs similar to black cohosh were being sold in commercial preparations of the popular remedy, possibly explaining mixed results and casting doubt on supplement label accuracy...
Many of the medicines children take have never been proved safe and effective for them. A new law will help change that
A new analysis identifies targets for an immune response that could improve AIDS vaccines
With the Yosemite tourists having died from this normally high-altitude illness, we spoke with an infectious disease expert to see if hantavirus could spread to other areas of the country...
With the new annotation of the human genome, researchers are finding that most of the code between genes is controlling crucial functions for life and health
A new study signifies the beginning of the end of psychiatrists' guess-work in figuring out which antidepressants work best for individual patients
A new treatment option for men with advanced prostate cancer has been approved by the FDA
Find out where the candidates stand on climate change, research, energy, space and more
The newest targeted therapies are helping doctors to tailor increasingly effective treatments to individual patients
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A recent study is fueling controversy over a widely used type of intravenous fluid--hydroxethyl starch
A new book follows a crop of biotech start-ups as they race to turn tiny bacteriophage viruses into a new weapon against antibiotic resistance
Control of the disease recently is hindered by strains of TB that can't be treated with second-line antibiotics
