A research team led by Eske Willerslev, professor at the University of Copenhagen and the University of Cambridge, has recovered ancient DNA from 214 known human pathogens in prehistoric humans from ...

Researchers at Tohoku University have discovered that an oral drug called MA-5 can improve both heart and muscle problems in ...

FlyBase, the world's only fruit fly database, is in the crosshairs of Trump's attack on Harvard. Here's why it could matter ...

Zebrafish model for an ultra-rare genetic disease reveals two promising drug candidates by Jeff Hansen, University of Alabama at Birmingham edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan ...

They now are studying the VMA21 mutation in a mammalian model, the mouse, to further push research toward a possible clinical treatment. “We have established the first preclinical animal model of XMEA, ...

The prestigious annual Canada Gairdner Awards recognize the world’s most accomplished researchers whose work is improving our understanding of human health and disease. Since 1957, 426 awards ...

Fruit flies have contributed to some of the most important scientific discoveries over the last century. They should be celebrated – not sprayed.

This in vitro model enables the study and development of treatments for currently treatment deficient, rare diseases affecting the peripheral nervous system, such as Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT ...

An international team of researchers and gamers, led by Princeton’s Mala Murthy and Sebastian Seung, mapped every neuron and every synaptic connection in an adult fruit fly's brain, building a ...