Health

Compound that normalizes flow of proteins in cells will now be tested in a clinical trial for ALS

Trial suggests patients’ own stem cells could help in the relapsing form of the disease

Armed conflict and political tensions stoke rumors and misinformation about the outbreak

The UK Biobank has spurred hundreds of research papers by giving all scientists equal access to its data. But people of European ancestry will benefit most

UK Biobank provides surprising resource for evolutionary biologists

Discovery of abnormal protein deposits suggests brain degeneration causes symptoms

UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé may have 6 months to respond to criticisms

Some of the devices even dissolve in the body once their work is done.

Researchers will track changes in immune function over time in healthy and sick people

Armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo hampers health care response and vaccine distribution to combat deadly virus

New study suggests our minds can influence our physiology as much as our genes

Common cognitive problems linked to microglia cells in mice and people

Newly discovered strain of Yersinia pestis might have led to the world’s “first pandemic”

After her own violent childhood, Rebecca Cunningham is directing a landmark NIH project to jump-start research aimed at curbing childhood gun injuries

Major metropolises weren’t the first to be hit during the 2009 influenza pandemic, study finds

A rapidly changing virus and a complex immune response stymie developers