For decades, researchers from all obesity-related disciplines have been observing the escalating prevalence of people living ...

Doctors say that Richard Slayman's body did not reject a pig kidney modified to become more compatible with human biology.

Engineered receptors could lead to more precisely targeted, effective cancer therapies with fewer side effects than existing ...

Welsh’s ebook is called “ Space Radiation: Astrophysical origins, radiobiological effects and implications for space ...

Microorganisms—bacteria, viruses and other tiny life forms—may drive biological variation in visible life as much, if not ...

Gene mutations have consequences both good and bad—from resistance to conditions like diabetes to susceptibility to certain ...

University President Father Dave Pivonka announced the launch of the Institute for the Study of Man and Woman during an Oct.

In a groundbreaking study, researchers at McMaster University have identified a potential treatment for Sandhoff and Tay-Sachs diseases—two rare, often fatal lysosomal storage disorders that cause ...

Scientific literature tends to treat the mind and body as separate entities, but humanistic works capture the psychological effects of cancer—loneliness, grief and anxiety. By narrating the emotional ...

Among extant genes known to have originated among Denisovans are sequences common in Tibetan populations that help the body ...

A study looking at the brain size of different breeds relative to their skulls reveals that big brains doesn't mean smarter dogs.

The pythons can go months — perhaps even longer than a year — without eating. But when they do it is a gourmand’s feast, with the python sometimes consuming a meal equivalent to its entire body weight ...