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Neuroblastoma, a childhood cancer, is treatable in less than half of aggressive cases, but new RNA biomarkers may help identify high-risk patients faster and lead to better prognosis.

Bacteria and archaea, two of the three domains of life, both evolved from the Last Universal Common Ancestor (LUCA). A new study which attempts to bring back LUCA has undermined a common theory around these kingdoms' creation.

Researchers have used mass spectrometry to probe into proteins underlying beer's characters. The results could someday lead to a better, tastier brew.

Fusing together healthy cells with those affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy could improve muscle function.

Researchers at A.C. Camargo Cancer Center in Brazil have found markers in the blood of head and neck cancer patients that can help identify cases that are likely to evolve to metastasis or develop local relapse after treatment.

Brown fat cells are present in small numbers in adults, and can burn energy. The protein which gives them this ability has now been identified.

For the first time, scientists have found Earth’s fourth most abundant mineral—calcium silicate perovskite—at Earth’s surface where ordinarily it is unstable.

Targeting Ebola's key protein may be a new route to producing the first therapeutics for the disease. Ebola currently has fatality rates as high as 90 percent.

The 3-D structure of a protein with links to several different areas of disease research has been detailed for the first time.

Computing techniques, also used on social networks, can help scientists views the connections between our proteins. The technique visualizes proteins as 'nodes' and the connections between the proteins as 'edges'.