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A novel method of gene therapy is helping children born with a rare genetic disorder called AADC deficiency that causes severe physical and developmental...

USC researchers have achieved a better way to identify elusive DNA variants responsible for genetic changes affecting cell functions and diseases. Using computational biology tools,...

Even before the pandemic made Zoom ubiquitous, Washington State University researchers were using the video conferencing app to research a type of cannabis that...

Tourette syndrome, a neurodevelopmental disorder, causes motor and phonic "tics" or uncontrollable repeated behaviors and vocalizations. People affected by Tourette syndrome can often suppress...

Frailty is a better predictor than factors such as age when determining how older adults fare one year after receiving critical care. A team led...

Three mutations in the Epsilon coronavirus spike protein dampen the neutralizing potency of antibodies induced by current vaccines or past COVID infections. The mutations give...

The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is less effective against the Delta variant as originally thought, according to a recent medical study. The preliminary study, carried out...

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden publish new findings in the journal Cancer Discovery showing how pharmacological activation of the protein p53 boosts the...

Researchers have devised a way to multiply by more than ten-fold the accessible details of gene activity in individual cells. It's a big leap...

Everyone age 12 and older. The state will continue to prioritize the 65-plus population until all in that group who want to get...

Researchers at Uppsala University have discovered lymph node-like structures close to the tumour in brain cancer patients, where immune cells can be activated to...

Most babies born prematurely or with health problems are quickly whisked away to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) where they might require assisted...