Unlike traditional healthy versus disease biomarker studies, researchers cross-referenced human proteomes of almost 60 diseases to identify unique profiles.

The study, conducted by researchers from Fudan University and its affiliated Huashan Hospital, systematically analyzed the ...

DNA repair is essential for the maintenance of genomic stability and its failure can lead to human disease. Various DNA repair systems exist, such as base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, ...

We’re at constant risk. Scientists raise red flags on widespread threat to human health: 'There is a dire lack of ... studies ...

Using CRISPR-based genetic engineering, the team further identified mutations in viral genes that prevent activation, ...

Most mutations that cause disease by swapping one amino acid out for another do so by making the protein less stable, according to a major study of human protein variants that was published in Nature ...

In a new genetic study, scientists have charted the rise of 214 human diseases across ancient Europe and Asia. By Carl Zimmer To prepare for future pandemics, scientists look to the past for clues.

If we can understand exactly how neurodegenerative diseases such as ALS progress in fruit flies, we may also gain valuable ...

The Food and Drug Administration and National Institutes of Health held a joint workshop July 7 on reducing animal testing in research, strikingly announcing that “NIH will no longer seek proposals ...

One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new ...