A new malaria(疟疾) vaccine has been created to target different forms of the disease and help those most at risk. The parasites that cause malaria come...
Most genes associated with psychiatric illnesses are expressed before birth in the developing human brain, a massive study headed by Yale University r...
Astronomers report in the journal Nature that organic compounds of unexpected complexity exist throughout the Universe. The results suggest that compl...
A study published online in the British Medical Journal confirms previous findings that certain oral contraceptive(口服避孕药) pills are more likely to cau...
The Greenland ice sheet can experience extreme melting even when temperatures don't hit record highs, according to a new analysis by Dr. Marco Ted...
For years, scientists believed the vast phenotypic(表型的) differences between humans and chimpanzees would be easily explained -- the two species must h...
Patients with certain genes or specific factors related to use of the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel are more likely to experience a blood clot within...
Humans may have undergone a gradual rather than an abrupt(突然的) transition from fishing, hunting and gathering to farming, according to a new study of ...
African-Americans with two copies of the APOL1 gene have about a 4 percent lifetime risk of developing a form of kidney disease, according to scientis...
Researchers may have found a specific dietary pattern linked to levels of C-peptide concentrations that increase a woman's risk for colorectal(结肠直...