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Researchers reported promising outcomes data for the first group of boys with X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome, a fatal genetic immunodeficiency also known as "bubble boy" disease, who were treated as p...

Scientists have long known that sharks get cancer. In fact, according to NBC News, at least 23 species of sharks are known to grow tumors. But, according to some researchers, convincing everyone otherwise has proven prob...

A volcano on Mercury may have been active over an unprecedented billion-year time span.

The last place you might expect to find drinkable water is underneath the ocean. But that's exactly where scientists have discovered a number of vast, untapped reservoirs of freshwater.

Sophisticated recent experiments with ultrashort laser pulses support the idea that intuition-defying quantum interactions between molecules help plants, algae, and some bacteria efficiently gather light to fuel their gr...

The energy needed to change the magnetic orientation of a single atom -- which determines its magnetic stability and therefore its usefulness in a variety of future device applications -- can be modified by varying the a...

In our youth we are strong and healthy and then we weaken and die -- that's probably how most would describe what aging is all about. But, in nature, the phenomenon of aging shows an unexpected diversity of patterns and ...

Hematology researchers have manipulated key biological events in adult blood cells to produce a form of hemoglobin normally absent after the newborn period. Because fetal hemoglobin is unaffected by the genetic defect in...

There is more than meets the eye following even a mild traumatic brain injury. While the brain may appear to be intact, new findings suggest that the brain's protective coverings may feel the brunt of the impact.

Researchers have identified a gene that drives the development of tumors in over one per cent of all cancer patients. This is the first time that the gene CUX1 has been broadly linked to cancer development.

A new study affirms the use of large-scale protein measurements to validate disease biomarkers and drug targets.

The private estate belonged to a wealthy family who also had an ornamental fountain made of mosaic in their garden. This is the first time that a fountain has been discovered outside the known, more affluent quarters of ...

Winter Storm Dion, as it is called by the Weather Channel, caused hundreds of delays and left thousands without power in the western United States. The weather system is traveling east and is expected to bring a mix of s...

The findings from a 2-year multicenter randomized double blinded controlled clinical study, and a 7 year long-term treatment study of the NeuroPace RNS System are now available. The RNS System is a novel, implantable the...

Three and a half years after beginning a clinical trial that demonstrated the first successful and sustained use of genetically engineered T cells to fight leukemia, a research team will today announce the latest results...

Nearly 90 percent of children and adults with a highly aggressive form of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) showed no evidence of cancer after receiving a novel, personalized cell therapy that reprograms a patient's imm...

With evidence growing that meditation can have beneficial health effects, scientists have sought to understand how these practices physically affect the body. A new study reports the first evidence of specific molecular ...

Surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy is performed with the dual aim of obtaining seizure freedom and potential for reducing or discontinuing anticonvulsant drugs (AEDs). Most epilepsy patients become seizure free with sur...

MRI-Guided Stereotactic Laser Ablation (SLA) of the hippocampus to control seizures in people with temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) may result in seizure control that approaches that from anterior temporal lobectory or selec...

Knowledge about the efficacy of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in preventing cervical cancer was lacking in the majority of survey respondents for whom the information would be relevant, according to researchers.

A team of scientists has identified a handful of genetic mutations in black Americans, in addition to some chemical alterations affecting gene activity, which may help explain why the death rate among African-Americans f...

Patients with myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) who were as old as 74 fared as well with stem cell transplantation as did patients in the 60-to-65 age range, according to a study.