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A new study has described a pathway that contributes to blindness in hereditary vision diseases.

Scientists have long recognized the fact that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) comes exclusively from egg cells in humans. In a new study, researchers have discovered that while mature sperm do carry a small number of mitochondria, they lack intact mtDNA.

Despite 40 years of intensive research, scientists have not yet succeeded in finding a cure for HIV. Now, an international team may have moved another step closer to a medication-free existence for those living with HIV.

Researchers have found an engineered compound given to mice aboard the International Space Station (ISS) largely prevented the bone loss associated with spaceflight.

The third Phase 1 clinical trial of the ChAdOx1 MERS vaccine, developed by researchers at the University of Oxford’s Pandemic Sciences Institute, has launched.

The Phase 1 trial of a new investigational universal flu vaccine has begun, which will evaluate the vaccine's safety and immunogenicity.

Scientists using machine learning tools to analyze biomedical data often turn to neural network algorithms, but before these models became popular, another simpler type of machine learning algorithm called kernel methods were commonly used.

Cerebellar inhibitory interneurons are essential for fear memory, a type of emotional memory formation. Inhibitory interneurons within the cerebellar circuitry act as gatekeepers and control the output of the cerebellar cortex.

A natural compound in many plants has been found to inhibit the growth of drug-resistant Candida fungi, including the most virulent species.

Researchers studying SARS-CoV-2 may have developed new methods to administer vaccines orally, which would be both easier to administer and more effective at combatting illnesses.