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From Harriet Tubman to Russian double agents, here are some of the most famous spies in history.

Recently, fifteen police horses in Gothenburg have contributed to science. They have supported the development of a new method to detect damages in the hooves by using thermoelectric sensors. In the future, hopefully, th...

Approximately 500 million people around the world are infected with the genital herpes virus known as herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV2). A vaccine that could bring an end to this global pandemic is needed desperately, yet no...

Administering chemotherapy to African-American breast cancer patients prior to surgery could improve their prognosis and survival rates from the disease, according to a new study.

For the first time, viruses have been found to communicate with one another, leaving short "posts" for kin and descendants. The messages help the viruses reading them decide how to proceed with the process of infection, ...

Obesity is one of the most significant threats to health in the U.S. and is responsible for the development of multiple serious medical problems such as diabetes, heart disease and some forms of cancer. Yet obesity is ba...

Scientists have created an ethical guideline for research into human organ models.

Researchers updated guidelines for the prevention, detection and management of surgical site infections, which affect as many as 300,000 patients per year in the United States.

When epidemiological data are scarce, social media and Internet reports can be reliable tools for forecasting infectious disease outbreaks, according to a study.

Scientists have found that targeting the interaction between a pancreatic tumor and its microenvironment could weaken cancer.

A new study provides some of the first links between relatively common mutations in the blood cells of elderly humans and atherosclerosis.

Use of an advanced form of the commonly used polymerase chain reaction method to analyze circulating tumor cells may greatly increase the ability to diagnose early-stage cancer, increasing the likelihood of successful tr...

The tuberculosis bacillus is growing resistant to antibiotics. For this reason, biochemists are attempting to identify the mechanisms that enable the bacterium to reproduce, spread and survive in latent form in our macro...

Effective anti-tumor activity requires a systemic, rather than only a local, immune response at the tumor site. The findings from a new study may help clinicians pinpoint why only some cancer patients respond to immunoth...

Scientists are creating an induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based research library that opens the door to invaluable sickle cell disease research and novel therapy development.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the United States, as well as a cause of various cancers, and a new study estimates the overall prevalence of genital HPV infectio...

Researchers evaluated the effect of a cognitive training program on tinnitus, and report positive results.

Researchers have linked excess tau protein in the brain to the spatial disorientation that leads to wandering in many Alzheimer's disease patients. The findings, in mice, could lead to early diagnostic tests for Alzheime...

Zebrafish learn to balance by darting forward when they feel wobbly, a principle that may also apply to humans. Researchers hope their work will one day help therapists to better treat balance problems.

In Texas, increases in travel distance to the nearest abortion clinic caused by clinic closures were closely associated with decreases in the official number of abortions, report investigators.

Scientists have discovered how to prevent undesirable immune attacks on therapeutic viruses.

Every few seconds, our eyelids automatically shutter and our eyeballs roll back in their sockets. So why doesn't blinking plunge us into intermittent darkness and light? New research shows that the brain works extra hard...