In a new book, Nafis Hasan writes about how America's ongoing "war on cancer" is going and points out factors that might be ...

Jaime Bortz, 39, is losing her memory to dementia. Her mom, now a full-time carer, is foreshadowing the burden many families will experience as dementia cases rise.

For Christine Gill that’s ‘Misty’. "As long as I can pet my cat I will be so happy. The type of cat that she is, she loves ...

Scientists employ deep learning to analyze and compare gene regulation across various cell types in human and chicken brains.

MIT neuroscientists have made a breakthrough in treating fragile X syndrome by leveraging a novel neurotransmitter signaling ...

Firefighters face a greater risk of developing and dying from cancer than from dying while on duty. That harsh reality led to the launch of ...

Experts from Oxford University examined the impact of 164 environmental factors and genetic risks for 22 major diseases in ...

Researchers at Tel Aviv University, led by Prof. Illana Gozes, examined the effects of different mutations in the ADNP protein, which is essential for normal brain development and aging, on the brain ...

Why did humans start speaking? Scientists suggest genetics played a big role. They say the evolution of this singular ability ...

A decade ago this past June, my sister died at the National Institutes of Health. I still have faith in them, and I hope that ...

Discover the signs causes and treatments of medulloblastoma a rare brain tumour Expert advice from Dr Agnetia Vinoth and ...

In a new study published in Science, a Belgian research team explores how genetic switches controlling gene activity define brain cell types across species.