Tanning beds promise a quick glow, but a new study says the real cost is written deep into your skin. Researchers have found ...

Scientists have traced a devastating pattern of brain cell loss in a handful of families to a single, ultra-rare mutation ...

One of the biggest risk factors for developing liver cancer is a high-fat diet. A new study from MIT reveals how a fatty diet ...

One of the most challenging moments in cancer treatment comes when a therapy stops working. In many metastatic cancers, drugs ...

A microscopic flaw in the brain’s cellular scaffolding can shape brain size for life.

A vanishingly rare genetic glitch in a single enzyme can erase a newborn’s brain cells in a matter of weeks, leaving doctors ...

Long before a liver tumor appears, a high-fat diet can push liver cells into a risky survival mode. That is the central ...

Despite a Trump administration push, there are few facilities offering the complex treatment in the rural areas where many ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

Genome editing enables scientists to alter the DNA sequence of cells. This technology has great potential for research and therapeutic applications. One challenge, however, is that editing often works ...

The analysis revealed that about 2 per cent of sperm from men in their early 30s contained disease-causing mutations. That ...