A recent discovery opens a new avenue to seek treatments against the disease, initiated by the kissing disease virus
The dictator’s nephew, who claims to have met Osama bin Laden in the mountains between Afghanistan and Pakistan, is giving away the specimens he accumulated over decades
Palestinian scientist Jacob Hanna uses a chemical cocktail to induce self-organization of embryonic stem cells into a structure similar to a natural embryo
Sadly, a third young man died in the clinical trial. It was conducted at a London hospital that receives funding from royalties earned from the book ‘Peter Pan’
The Austrian scientist, a pioneer of quantum teleportation, reflects on God, the nature of things and the future of computing
Medical museums are rethinking how they exhibit controversial specimens like the skeleton of Pedro Antonio Cano, a 7-foot man from South America
Spain’s most prolific scientific academic — meat expert José Manuel Lorenzo — put his name on 176 papers last year, exposing an underworld of shady practices
The wealth of genetic information will make it easier to identify pathological mutations, such as the ones that cause cancer
Dutch citizen Gert-Jan Oskam, 40, was left paralyzed after a bicycle accident. He can now climb stairs with the help of crutches
A rare genetic mutation protected a Colombian man from developing the hereditary dementia for two decades. The finding may open the door to new treatments for the disease
An international consortium published a genetic blueprint of humanity that better reflects the spectrum of human diversity and heralds a “fairer” era in medicine
A study returns to the case of a soldier injured during the Spanish Civil War who inspired doctor Justo Gonzalo’s theory of the human brain
Sakhr Alhuthali reveals how foreign researchers are paid by universities to lie about their main affiliation and boost their position on the influential Shanghai Ranking
The psychiatrist, currently employed in Spain at the Sant Joan de Déu Research Institute, declared that her main place of work was King Abdulaziz University, with the aim of elevating the Arab institution in the international rankings
More than a dozen academics in Spain falsely claim primary affiliations with Arab institutions to boost their academic prestige
Chinese scientists reveal an ethical technique for studying the first days of pregnancy
The American scientist has invented a revolutionary tool that can modify the human genome. It has already saved the life of a girl with a very aggressive type of cancer
The prolific chemist, who has published a study every 37 hours this year, has been sanctioned by the University of Córdoba over his research work for other institutions in Russia and Saudi Arabia
An international consortium created personalized maps of the epigenome, the “librarian” that chooses what is read in the cells’ instruction manual
The researcher, the first Latin American to win the Abel Prize, uncovered the interactions between solids and liquids, opening new doors to medicine, the automotive industry and even knowledge of the universe
The illness has increased 3% annually in people under 50 in some wealthy countries. Causes are unknown
Preliminary results for the pharmaceutical revumenib suggest that it may have saved lives of terminal patients, including the young architect Algimante Daugelaite
Glaciologist Veronica Tollenaar published a ‘treasure map’ revealing the possible location of more than 300,000 space rocks
The results suggest that some diseases that are considered noncommunicable, such as cancer, could have a component that makes them transmissible by microorganisms in the digestive system
This form of the disease leads to severe skin ulcers that can spread to the lungs, eyes and intestines
A study of the fatal outbreak in Peru indicates that the highly pathogenic avian influenza may have mutated in a way unseen so far in nature
Agricultural engineer Blanca Landa heads an international project to stop the spread of ‘Xylella fastidiosa’, a microbe that is threatening the Mediterranean agricultural sector