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Scientists have identified a genetic variant that is associated with increased disease severity in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. The study – conducted in over 22,000 people with MS – is published in Nature.

According to research, children do better at maths when music is a key part of their lessons.

Researchers have discovered a novel anti-cancer drug, called icFSP1, which sensitizes cancer cells to ferroptosis, the iron-dependent oxidative destruction of cell membranes.

Scientists have developed a new approach to produce life-saving oligonucleotide therapeutics on a large scale, in high purity, and with minimal environmental impacts.

Researchers discover that the mitochondrial protein Mitofusin 2 is produced in different forms and that these act as both lock and key in bridges between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum.

A new blood-based four-protein panel, when combined with a lung cancer risk model, can better identify those at high risk of dying from lung cancer than the current criteria, study suggests.

MD Anderson-led study maps all normal breast cells, bringing new understanding with potential impact for breast cancer and other breast diseases.

Engineers from Rice University and the University of Maryland have created full-motion video technology that could potentially be used to make cameras that peer through fog, smoke, driving rain, murky water, skin, bone and other media that reflect scattered light and obscure objects from view.

According to research, a combination of drugs was dramatically more effective and less prone to resistance than treatment with a KRAS inhibitor alone for pancreatic cancer.

A hormone that has been shown to decrease appetite has also been shown to increase energy burning in muscle, helping to promote weight loss.