RNA-based drugs are emerging as the drug of the future for a wide range of diseases, but they are difficult and ...

Stem cells are precursors of a variety of different cells: They can turn into anything from blood to bone to muscle. Human blood stem cells, known as hematopoietic stem cells, are the forerunners of ...

Thanks to an unusual application of game theory and machine learning technology, a large team of scientists led by experts at Cincinnati Children's has published the world's most detailed "atlas" of ...

Microplastics — plastic fragments smaller than a fingernail that never fully break down — already seemed to be everywhere. They've been found in the Mariana Trench and at the top of Mount Everest, in ...

In 1816, a young doctor from Barbados carried out blood transfusion experiments that challenged a dangerous medical ...