A deadly outbreak in India is a bitter reminder that the disease is making a rapid resurgence, leading scientists to put dengue on par with better-known killers as a global health threat.
Roger D. Kornberg has won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his genetics work, following in the footsteps of his father, who received the 1959 Nobel in medicine.
People in the developed world today are taller and more robust than their great-great-grandparents ever imagined, and not just because of better medicine, a researcher says.
Andrew Fire and Craig Mello will split the 2006 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work on RNA interference, which cells use to control gene expression. The discovery may lead to new ways to treat disease.
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Cats may not really have nine lives, but slow-motion footage reveals why felines that fall from great heights often manage to walk away from a seemingly lethal drop.
In a high-tech take on a canary in a coal mine, the U.S. Army is using sensitive bluegill fish to monitor water reservoirs for signs of contamination or attack.
Scientists have completed a detailed genetic map of the mouse brain that they hope will spur new insights into how the brain works and what happens when it breaks down.
Two rare and related diseases leave their sufferers with no fingerprints—now researchers may have cracked the genetic code behind the inherited ailments.
