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"The stuff that gives me hope isn't usually the big headline-grabbing things, it's these smaller stories of people solving ...

Humans develop sharp vision during early fetal development thanks to an interplay between a vitamin A derivative and thyroid hormones in the retina, Johns Hopkins University scientists have found. The ...

The Johns Hopkins-created maps provide higher resolution and better coverage of gray matter than previously published maps, ...

When HHMI Investigator Amita Sehgal started studying sleep 25 years ago, the topic elicited a yawn from most biologists. "In ...

A UCSF team finds a liver protein, released with exercise, that improves memory in aging and Alzheimer’s disease by repairing ...

Arthur, Arturito, and Olga Estopiñan. Photo courtesy of the Estopiñan family. When Arthur Estopiñan first spoke with Columbia neurologist Michio ...

Another potential use could be seasonal. At the start of winter, when multiple respiratory viruses begin circulating, a preventive spray might provide temporary, wide-ranging protection against the ...

The University of Akron's BETA Lab received a grant from the American Heart Association to help develop new, less invasive heart valve implants.

Innovations in imaging and genetic engineering are coming together to probe the biophysics of cytoplasm inside living animals.

Sean Penn always knew that rescuing Jacob Ostreicher from his years of Bolivian imprisonment would be difficult. Ostreicher, ...