A newly identified species of sea slug, so small that it is barely larger than a sesame seed, has been discovered in the ...

A new evolutionary analysis suggests that modern blood and immune cells may preserve a 700-million-year legacy inherited from ...

Galaxies, like so many other astronomical objects, are surprisingly difficult to define. Here’s a hand-wavy attempt: a galaxy is a collection of stars, gas, dust and dark matter all held together by ...

A young person walks into the clinic with multiple skin cancers, yet the cause is not genetic. Melanoma, the most dangerous ...

Scientists at Keck Medicine of USC are testing an experimental stem cell therapy that aims to restore the brain’s ability to produce dopamine, the chemical whose loss drives Parkinson’s disease. The ...

Calling someone a bird-brain may not be the insult it was intended to be. Although small in size, some birds’ brains, such as the zebra finch, are filled with more neurons and synapses than can be ...

Choose a cancer type from the cancer diseases list to get detailed information about the cancer diseases including bladder Cancer, Brain Cancer, Breast Cancer, Cervical Cancer, blood cancer. Get all ...

Melanoma is among the most preventable skin cancers when found early, yet it remains the skin cancer most likely to spread ...

Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a group of blood disorders that affect your red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout your body. A sickle cell crisis happens when your red blood cells get sticky and ...

After her husband was diagnosed with melanoma, Megan Conner thought she knew what to look for when checking for skin cancer. Then a routine examination revealed a warning sign she hadn't considered ...

"A man entered the ER with his hand on his forehead, walking by himself, asking for a doctor. You can imagine my surprise ...

I haven’t been a sun worshipper since my thirties, so skin cancer wasn’t even on my radar.