Bin Tean Teh, co-author of study, says aristolochic acid was powerful carcinogen or cancer-causing substance
Therapy using stem cells from patient’s own body is desirable because it doesn't cause immune rejection, but much work remains to validate it
Report found about four percent of disabled (cognitive, physical, sensory and motor) youngsters in poorer nations received severe treatment
Researchers find children who were breastfed longer had higher scores on intelligence tests
Researchers say targeted therapies similar to ones used to treat HIV-infected patients could lead to finding a cure for cancer
Researcher speculates that sleep disturbance, due to what he calls 'circalunar' rhythm, might be holdover from prehistoric times
Malaria infections, primarily in sub-Saharan Africa, responsible for deaths of some 200,000 newborns and 10,000 new mothers each year
Researchers at Northwestern University conduct successful interspecies islet cell transplant, from rats into mice, without anti-rejection medications
Researchers used a molecule (in rats) that decreased metabolic activity in muscles responsible for burning fat
Experimental surgical tool distinguishes malignant cells from surrounding healthy tissue
Finding suggests that antibiotics may extend patients' lives
Anthony Fauci, head of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, says there is no reason to think H7N9 could not reemerge
OdoReader contains a sensor that detects chemicals in gases emitted by urine
Researchers who developed drug say it can be simply and inexpensively made in countries where it is most needed
Researchers identify one area of brain that 'lights up' in response to either talk therapy or medications
Findings suggest that inner ear structures that are damaged in roadside bomb blasts may recover with proper treatment
Research involved regenerating nerves in rats with spinal cord injuries
Experts say country could be a model for similar programs elsewhere
Researchers say estrogen therapy promotes resistance to urinary tract infections in postmenopausal women
Study showed hormone blocked Ebola’s entry into cells in lab cultures and in mice
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