Why the head of the Wellcome Trust, the world’s fourth-largest charitable foundation, sees U.S. global health funding as ...

For the first time, scientists have systematically analysed somatic mutations in stomach lining tissue to unpick mutational processes, some of which can lead to cancer. The team also uncovered hints ...

Genetic changes alone don’t fully explain tumor growth in NF-1, pointing to other contributing factors. This insight may ...

An international team of clinical collaborators, led by physician scientists from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and ...

Chimpanzees bear genetic adaptations that help them thrive in their different forest and savannah habitats. Some of the ...

Researchers have revealed neural circuits in the brainstem that are crucially involved in implementing decisions by controlling three fundamental behavioral states or strategies: perseverance, ...

Many of the measures already implemented to reduce government spending have actually pushed people further away from the labour market.

Despite TB’s staggering death toll, Motsoaledi noted that the disease does not receive the same level of public attention as ...

Scientists have successfully mapped the genome sequence of Aegilops mutica, a wild relative of wheat, shedding light on its ...

The oxytocin system -- which helps release breast milk and strengthens the bond between mother and baby -- may be affected during breastfeeding in mothers experiencing postnatal depression.