Widespread conflicts of interest among patient-advocacy organizations uncovered

Over the past few decades, hundreds of patient-advocacy organizations have emerged in the United States, promoting…

Electronic energy meters’ false readings almost six times higher than actual energy consumption

Some electronic energy meters can give false readings that are up to 582% higher than actual…

Organ-on-a-chip model offers insights into premature aging, vascular disease

Using a new progeria-on-a-chip model, investigators have developed a way to recapitulate blood vessel dynamics to…

Ten million lives saved by 1962 breakthrough, study says

Nearly 200 million cases of polio, measles, mumps, rubella, varicella, adenovirus, rabies and hepatitis A --…

Biological system with light switch

For the first time ever, researchers have managed to functionally characterize the three-dimensional interaction between red-light…

Epigenetic enzyme found to be lacking in some patients with Crohn’s disease

A research team has found how a variant in an important epigenetic enzyme -- previously associated…

Microbiome diversity is influenced by chance encounters

Chance is an overlooked factor in the wide variation of microbe gut populations between individuals, new…

Researchers remotely control sequence in which 2-D sheets fold into 3-D structures

Inspired by origami, researchers have found a way to remotely control the order in which a…

Latest genomic technology uncovers secrets of immune system’s response to malaria

Scientists have revealed for the first time how immature mouse immune cells, called T cells, choose…

Novel 3-D manufacturing leads to highly complex, bio-like materials

Researchers have developed a unique, 3-D manufacturing method that for the first time rapidly creates and…