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Researchers have designed cancer-fighting nanoparticles that deliver both a chemotherapy drug and a novel immunotherapy that can shrink colon and pancreatic tumors in mice.

Artificial intelligence has helped researchers to design synthetic DNA that can control cells' protein production, which could contibute to vaccine and drug development.

A recent study analyzed the adverse effects reported by users of the hallucinogenic tea, ayahuasca. In this Ask the Researcher, we spoke with the lead author of the study Dr. Daniel Perkins about the key findings and their implications for public health.

Researchers have identified and developed a new drug candidate that has the potential for effectively treating temporal lobe epilepsy by suppressing neuroinflammation.

According to a study, a single drug compound can help immune cells penetrate tumors, and cut off the tumor’s ability to burn testosterone as fuel in prostate cancer.

New structural insights into the tankyrase protein, which plays a key role in driving bowel cancer development, could pave the way towards better and less toxic cancer drugs.

Patients taking statins to lower high cholesterol levels often complain of muscle pains, and some clinicians recommended vitamin D supplements to ease the aches, but a new study shows the vitamin appears to have no substantial impact.

CAR T therapy has been shown to be successful as a cancer treatment, with the potential to treat many more conditions. A new study has shown that CAR T cell therapy can be used to treat the autoimmune disease lupus.

A new animal study points to a gene that is important for the earliest development of basic social behaviors. The work also suggests that exposure to certain drugs and environmental risk factors during embryonic development can cause changes to this gene, leading to alterations in social behavior that are similar to those found in individuals who have autism.

Research suggests that great bustards actively seek out two plants with compounds that can kill pathogens to self-medicate.