The problematic use of guest editors was spotlighted last week when a genetics journal retracted nearly an entire special ...

Ethical standards in medical research are undergoing significant evolution, shaped by historical lessons, regulatory reforms, and technological advances. From the Nuremberg Code and Belmont Report to ...

For example, right before females ovulate — when estrogen reaches its peak — they tend to be more physically active. The ...

WPI researcher Kristen Billiar leads part of multicenter project funded by American Heart Association to determine causes of ...

Mice fed a high-salt diet developed reduced blood flow to the brain, and the damage did not start in their blood vessels. It ...

The body's immune reaction to increased levels of a toxic molecule, part of a bacterial species in the human gut, may reveal ...

Each year on April 24, scientists, advocates, and policymakers around the world mark World Day for Laboratory Animals—a ...

A novel strategy that combines computational and experimental approaches has allowed researchers to distinguish alterations in gene function that contribute to Parkinson’s disease from those that ...

When taken together, CoQ10 and omega-3 fatty acids (fish oil) may help support heart health and reduce inflammation.

Animal rights advocates and some lawmakers have long pushed to end the research, arguing it is cruel and outdated.

A new machine learning tool called PhysMAP separates the electrical signatures of different cell types, offering a new way to ...

Life science laboratories saw a massive drop in demand last year after the NIH was forced to cancel billions of dollars in ...