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Research has identified four clinically approved drugs and nine compounds in other stages of development with strong potential to be repurposed for COVID-19 treatment.

Researchers have discovered that by combining data from tumor biomarkers, ultrasound and ultrasound-guided diffuse optical tomography (DOT) after a patient's first cycle of chemotherapy it is possible to accurately predict how the tumor is responding to treatment.

Researchers have succeeded in reconstructing changes in rainfall in Central Asia over the past five million years. The information preserved within the sedimentary succession provides the missing link for understanding land-water feedbacks for global climate.

A novel antibody treatment reactivates the immune defense in patients with advanced-stage cancer.

Scientists have detected Zika virus RNA in free-ranging African bats.

For years, researchers have wondered to what extent this inter-species social bond is driven by dog genetics, or by their environmental interaction with humans. To answer this question, some lucky researchers conducted a study with 375 8-week-old puppies.

The COVID-19 jab should be made free for everyone in India to boost uptake and curb the death toll from the infection, urge experts in a personal view (commentary) published in the online journal BMJ Global Health.

The Developing Human Connectome Project (dHCP) has made the scans of 800 baby brains available to study how developmental disorders progress.

Research suggests that non-coding regions of DNA could aid with the diagnosis of developmental disorders in children.

A new study has found that partners of mothers-to-be can influence a pregnant woman’s likelihood of drinking alcohol and feeling depressed, which affects the development of the baby.