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Researchers hope that they may have solved a big problem plaguing gene therapy: the prospect of an autoimmune attack.

Asthma patients, with a specific genetic profile, exhibit more intense symptoms following exposure to traffic pollution, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and collaborators.

A team showed that THz radiation can detect the motion of individual molecules, overcoming the classical diffraction limit for focusing light beams.

A newly-developed computational framework for drug discovery has been used to identify a therapeutic target for epilepsy.

Analysis of blood from patients with sickle-cell disease reveals how cell clumping begins.

Grouping four or five existing medications could help slow antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Scientists have developed a way to see brain cells talk – to actually see neurons communicate in bright, vivid color. The new lab technique is set to provide long-needed answers about the brain and neurological diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and depression.

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have unraveled the structure of FAT10, a small protein with a huge effect.

The results of the study could help reduce malaria-associated mortality.

Psychology researchers have developed a new personality test that is both faster to take and much harder to manipulate by those attempting to control the outcome.