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UZH and USZ researchers have now further developed an advanced method to analyze liquid biopsies of DNA fragments in the blood. It is fast and practical, without putting much of a strain on patients.

Obesity in children is associated with double the risk of hospitalization for dengue virus infection, according to a study yesterday in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

An international team including Binghamton anthropologist Rolf Quam documented the first case of Down syndrome in Neandertals by studying the fossil of a child found in a cave in Spain.

A recent study, led by the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) National Cancer Institute, has investigated the association between taking multivitamins daily and mortality risk, finding there was not a lower risk of death among healthy adults.

Asthma and symptoms of bronchitis in youth do not fully account for the association in a study that underlines the need to reduce pollution according to scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

Understanding why we delay tasks may help reclaim productivity. New research suggests that a precise mathematical framework could improve our understanding of the different patterns of procrastination and their underlying reasons.

Scientists have developed a new AI architecture designed to detect breast cancer that the researchers say has achieved an accuracy rate of 99.72%.

Brigham, Broad, and Harvard Chan School researchers found that specific species and strains of bacteria were linked to changes in the functioning of the gut microbiome and a person’s risk of type 2 diabetes.

In a new study, some trace elements measured in ovarian follicular fluid were associated with differences in ovarian response to in vitro fertilization (IVF), which in turn, may affect the chance of getting pregnant.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is an almost always fatal neurodegenerative disease. Researchers have now discovered that ALS can be divided into subtypes and that there are clear differences in the molecular processes between men and women.