Shanghai pensioner Mou Guoying has spent the past three months crocheting woollen roses for Beijing Olympic medallists' bouquets - Copyright AFP Jessica YANG Shanghai ...

A new study from the Garvan Institute of Medical Research shows how rises in core body temperature may trigger the inflammatory flares in people with a rare genetic autoinflammatory disease. The ...

First-of-its-kind study on 266 men found 20% have higher levels of the hormone in the vessels surrounding the prostate. Drawing blood from the arms of prostate cancer patients to assess for ...

A new study is challenging previously held misconceptions about the relationship between animal protein and health.

Some cells, such as immune cells, are highly mobile—they constantly remodel their shape, migrate toward a wound that needs to ...

Spinal muscular atrophy affects all the body’s muscles. For a long time, it was considered a disease caused solely by the loss of nerve cells in the spinal cord. Now, a research team at Leipzig ...

This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded to Svante Pääbo for his discoveries about the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution. Pääbo, a Swedish geneticist and a director ...

A new study has unveiled a groundbreaking framework for rethinking political decision-making -- drawing inspiration from how the human body maintains stability and health. A study led by researchers ...

Ready to make a difference in the world of wildlife management, conservation and groundbreaking research? How about in the allied health fields or medical and veterinary research? If so, a Ph.D. or a ...

"It's a cautionary tale," said study co-author Amandine Chaix, an assistant professor of nutrition and integrative physiology at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. "This is not a magical ...