An Advocate for persons with albinism has called for urgent legal and health policy reforms to safeguard the lives of persons living with the condition in the country ...

People with albinism face multiple forms of discrimination worldwide. International Albinism Awareness Day seeks to dispel the erroneous beliefs and myths influenced by superstition, which foster ...

A new organelle has been found by scientists at the University of Virginia (UVA). The super-small specialized structure has a ...

The discovery of an unknown organelle inside our cells could open the door to new treatments for devastating inherited diseases.The organelle, a type ...

Specialized structure, dubbed a “hemifusome” by University of Virginia School of Medicine and the National Institutes of ...

The first robot I remember is Rosie from The Jetsons, soon followed by the urbane C-3PO and his faithful sidekick R2-D2 in ...

The human body is a machine whose many parts – from the microscopic details of our cells to our limbs, eyes, liver and brain ...

This principle asserts that all human beings, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or conditions such as albinism, are entitled to the same fundamental rights and freedoms ensuring that progress ...

A previously unknown structure discovered in our cells could pave the way toward new treatments for various genetic disorders ...

Most people do not realize that some insects can live on or inside the human body. These bugs see us as a warm and safe place where they can feed, grow and even lay eggs. Some hide in our hair ...