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Researchers have marveled at the ability of glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive brain cancer, to turn off a patient’s cancer-fighting immune cells, thereby allowing tumors to grow freely. This remains a primary reason why there are very few effective therapies available for this mostly fatal disease.

A new study led by UNSW Sydney suggests kelp forests are worth hundreds of billions to society through fisheries, nutrient cycling and carbon removal.

According to a study, prescription opioid use could have a negative effect on cognitive function in older adults.

Researchers have discovered a mechanism that helps explain the link between the protein PKMzeta and neurological disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease.

Researchers have developed a computer-assisted method that recognizes the severity of speech disturbances resulting from ataxia, a brain disease, with great accuracy. In the long term, the new methodology, which leverages artificial intelligence, could be used in science as well as in clinical routine.

New research has shown that a genetic variant, as well as obesity, increases the risk of hypertension.

As the world enters a post-pandemic phase, an international study is providing unique perspectives on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancies among college students.

A nanocellulose wound dressing that can reveal early signs of infection without interfering with the healing process has been developed.

The first rapid test for monkeypox, has been developed by a team of researchers, which can detect the virus within minutes.

Tens of thousands of potential cancer cases and deaths could be dodged through the implementation of calorie labeling on menus, suggests a new study from Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy.