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Researchers are investigating whether a naturally occurring protein made in immune cells, called TRAIL, is effective in killing colon cancer cells.

Researchers have built a prototype artificial lower stomach to gain a deeper understanding of how physical forces influence food digestion based on fluid dynamics. This could aid research in many areas including obesity and drug absorption.

Researchers have created a new open-access database containing information on many drug candidates and how they are metabolized by the body, which could help speed up the repurposing of existing drugs.

Researchers from UCLA and Cedars-Sinai have developed a new way to detect placenta accreta, a potentially life-threatening condition that can occur during pregnancy.

Researchers have used an experimental model to explain how defects in the organization of healthy cells can alter how easily ovarian cancer cells invade tissue.

One in ten babies is born prematurely in the United States, but a blood test during a routine prenatal visit could reveal if a woman is at risk of a preterm delivery.

AstraZeneca has announced that one billion doses of the ChAdOx1 nCov-19 coronavirus vaccine have been released to over 170 countries.

Breath instead of blood: researchers from the University of Basel have developed a new test method to measure treatment success in epilepsy patients. They hope that this will enable doctors to react more precisely when treating the disease.

A new UK-based clinical trial will test the most appropriate time interval between two doses of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in pregnant individuals.

A researcher has invented a version of an isotope-separating device that can withstand extreme environments, including radiation and chemical solvents.