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The strategy Google uses to decide which pages are relevant to a search is being used to determine which proteins in cancer are relevant for the progression of the... Read More »

Microscopes provide insights to the structure and dynamics of cells, in particular when they remain in their natural, living environment. However, viewing cells of... Read More »

An inexpensive and accurate Bluetooth fetal heart rate monitoring system has been developed by researchers in India. Vijay Chourasia of the LNM Institute of... Read More »

Who's excited for the upcoming London Olympics? I know I am, and it seems GE is as well. Today, three large "Relocatable" units containing the latest GE... Read More »

Biologists have engineered algae to produce potential candidates for a vaccine preventing transmission of the malaria parasite. Part of the difficulty in creating a... Read More »

Geneticists faced a problem with the recent discovery of a "sixth nucleotide" in DNA. It turns out that two modifications of cytosine, one of the four DNA... Read More »

David Ray and his team give a whole new meaning to the term risky research. The multidisciplinary research group from several universities is mapping crocodile... Read More »

A model developed to study liquids is being used to investigate the mechanics of cellular tissues, which could further our understanding of embryonic development and... Read More »

Epidemics of Type 2 diabetes are looming in rural India, China and other areas where poverty limits the availability of health care. But researchers are reporting a... Read More »

A study led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that high-throughput sequencing, a high-speed DNA-decoding technology, detects the... Read More »

The Indian pharmaceutical company Piramal Healthcare has announced it will buy Decision Resources Group, a US health care information provider, the latest deal in a... Read More »

A new study in Nature reports that two paralyzed people were able to grasp objects using robotic arms that they controlled with a brain-computer interface. On April... Read More »

Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and personalized medicine tailored to the... Read More »

Roche Alzheimer's drug picked for major test | Reuters CHICAGO (Reuters) - Roche Holding AG's Genentech unit has won the right to try its experimental Alzheimer's drug... Read More »

American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes, after a panel of experts on Tuesday... Read More »

Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the lowest... Read More »

The flexible properties of hydrogels, which shrink or expand depending on their environmental, have made them ideal for many applications, from contact lenses to baby... Read More »

Medical device recalls increased more than 160 percent in the first quarter of 2012, affecting more than five times as many units than the previous quarter, according... Read More »

Here’s the top medical news of this week! Promising new HIV treatments give hope for eventual cure   The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)... Read More »

As researchers aim to shrink diagnostic tools, one question is how to easily move and mix small samples of liquid. But, University of Washington researchers have now... Read More »