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A University of British Columbia bioengineer has developed a potential strategy for endowing platelets with extra powers so they can rise to the occasion and continue coagulation.

Developing a method to identify individual cell messengers, called extracellular vesicles, means they can now be used to detect cancer and other disease and be engineered for regenerative medicine.

Why does drinking alcohol or consuming sugar make us thirsty? An international study of mice in Texas and humans in Europe reveals an unexpected anti-dehydration mechanism.

In a world first, scientists have revealed how a population of 'bad' antibodies in the immune system - which are usually 'silenced' because they can harm the body - can provide crucial protection against invading microbes.

First-of-its-kind, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility with capacity to produce treatment for thousands of patients suffering from rare genetic disorders or life-threatening diseases.

Can babies really tell the difference between anger and happiness at six months or do they only recognise the physical characteristics of these emotions? Researchers provide a preliminary answer.

A new paper has called for an end to the term "healthy obesity", saying it is misleading and flawed. It calls for further research into why some people can avoid diseases associated with obesity whilst others with the same BMI are affected.

A new type of cancer vaccine has yielded promising results in an initial clinical trial. The personalized vaccine is made from patients’ own immune cells, which are exposed in the laboratory to the contents of the patients’ tumor cells, and then injected into the patients to initiate a wider immune response.

After completing a 685 million piece genomic puzzle, researchers have put together the genome of the California Yellowtail, a fish with huge potential tfor fishing in the US.

Researchers argue that overuse of smart phones is just like any other type of substance abuse.