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Researchers have identified a protein critical to hematopoietic stem cell function and blood formation. The finding has potential as a new target for treating leukemia because cancer stem cells rely upon the same protein...

Watch out, infection. Researchers have crated a probe that can identify staph bacteria before symptoms appear. The probe is noninvasive and is expected to be cheaper and faster than current diagnostic techniques.

Immune cells undergo 'spontaneous' changes on a daily basis that could lead to cancers if not for the diligent surveillance of our immune system, scientists have found.

The main asteroid belt, located between Mars and Jupiter, contains millions of these objects. While scientists believed these objects shared a common origin or similar composition, new studies are showing the vast divers...

Have you noticed anything missing from your garden lately? Monarch butterflies, North America's most recognized butterfly, are vanishing. According to a new report from the World Wildlife Fund, fewer Monarchs migrated in...

A new study says the Arctic's cap of cold, layered air plays a more important role in boosting polar warming than does its shrinking ice and snow cover.

In the last six years, sequencing costs have far outpaced Moore's Law, falling four orders of magnitude from $10 million at the end of 2007 to under $5,000 at the end of 2013. And in early 2014? Illumina, a manufacturer ...

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