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Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) scientists have found a promising new therapeutic target for prostate cancer. The findings offer evidence that a newly discovered member of a family of cell su...

Mark Zuckerberg's latest book club picks tackles vaccination, discusses the science behind it and what drives people to doubt it works. Eula Biss' On Immunity is the fourth on the A Year of Books list.

Chad in Central Africa may be a low-income nation but it topped the list of the countries with the healthiest diet. Armenia, on the other hand, has the least healthy diet.

UV radiation does not just inflict damage during exposure to sunlight and tanning beds. The DNA damaging effects can still occur up to four hours after exposure.

23andMe is finally on the FDA's good side as the agency allows the company to release its carrier test for Bloom syndrome, paving the way for similar products to enter the market.

Malaria parasites that are resistant to antimalarial drug artemisinin now inflict Myanmar and threaten to spread to India. Scientists said this could threaten efforts to control and eliminate the potentially deadly mosqu...

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