We have long struggled to determine how the first living organisms on Earth came together. Now, surprising evidence hints that poorly understood prions may have been the vital missing ingredient ...

The protein, reverse transcriptase, has become an essential tool for making DNA copies of RNA.

By Omar GoudaAround two months ago, in Cairo, a PhD student at The American University in Cairo (AUC) made headlines by winning the Eni Award for her research into a low-cost, chemical-free system ...

Women's hidden extra work, positive tipping points and new thinking on autism – there's much to chew on in this year's best ...

Walk into almost any modern laboratory and you’ll probably picture rows of advanced machines humming away, building the clean ...

Rotavirus causes severe dehydrating diarrhea in infants and young children, contributing to more than 128,500 deaths per year globally despite widespread vaccination efforts. Although rotavirus is ...

In a new paper, scientists have reported the first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to the universal type O using special enzymes developed at the University of ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

The first successful human transplant of a kidney converted from blood type A to universal type O used special enzymes developed at the University of British Columbia to help prevent a mismatch and ...

A subcutaneously injected version of Merck cancer immunotherapy Keytruda is now FDA approved, a regulatory decision that gives patients a less burdensome dosing option and provides the pharmaceutical ...

My goal in Technology for Good: How Nonprofit Leaders Are Using Software and Data to Solve Our Most Pressing Social Problems is to provide the first “how-to” guide for starting a deliberately ...