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A large-scale genetic study found that some of the same genes associated with the use of cannabis are also associated with certain personality types and psychiatric conditions.

A new study has used artificial intelligence to design an algorithm which can define the level of lymphocyte infiltration into a tumor and provide a predictive score for the efficacy of immunotherapy in the patient.

Rising levels of CO2 from human activity are making staple crops such as rice and wheat less nutritious and could result in 175 million people becoming zinc deficient and 122 million people becoming protein deficient by 2050.

Decades after scientists discovered hundreds of different fatty acids in vegetable oils, two that had managed to elude detection have finally revealed themselves.

Scientists have found the primary psychoactive component of marijuana in 63% of breast milk samples for up to six days after the mother’s last reported use.

Columbia University biomedical researchers have captured close-up views of TRPV3, a skin-cell ion channel that plays important roles in sensing temperature, itch, and pain. Researchers think that changes in the TRPV3 genes of mammoths may have helped them withstand lower temperatures.

What could a clock drawing test tell us about cognitive impairment?

A study has found that a malfunctioning gene associated with a common arthritic disease that often starts in teenagers is now directly linked to the loss of vital immune cells that may prevent it.

A new collaborative study demonstrates how epigenetic analysis of tumor samples collected in routine clinical practice could be used to better classify and treat the disease.

Researchers reveal a previously unseen 'ecosystem' in advanced breast cancer, in which the primary breast tumor emits signals that halt the growth of secondary tumors elsewhere in the body.