CHICAGO (WLS) -- The mystery of that infamous Chicago Rat Hole on the sidewalk may be solved! There was actually research done about it just published in Biology Letters. Scientists believe that ...

The Internet has Google. Now biology has MetaGraph. Detailed today in Nature, the search engine can quickly sift through the staggering volumes of biological data housed in public repositories. “It’s ...

Read on for some chilling curiosities from the creatures of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. Mike Bock Warning: The following animal facts are extremely creepy and ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not appear to know basic facts about female anatomy in his conspiracy-riddled Cabinet meeting appearance on Thursday afternoon. Speaking ...

From startups to giants in pharma and tools, the use of spatial biology is growing in importance in drug discovery. LatchBio, a four-year-old San Francisco builder of software and data infrastructure ...

Each of our cells holds a set of biological instructions (our genes). The creation and growth of cells and the proteins inside of them are activated by our genetics. As we grow during pregnancy, our ...

Recent studies suggest that the steady rise in life expectancy observed over the past 200 years has now stagnated. Data indicate that a limit has been reached, and that medical and health care ...

The channels in Microsoft’s new microfluidics design match the heat signatures of chips, resembling the veins of a plant. (Microsoft Photo) REDMOND, Wash. — About 5 minutes before each hour, and 5 ...

Iberian harvester ant queens have a unique superpower: They can lay eggs that hatch into an entirely different species. This discovery, described in a new paper published September 3 in the journal ...

Scientists have found that a single tree can be home to a trillion microbial cells — an invisible ecosystem that is only beginning to be understood. A black oak in the Yale-Myers Forest of northern ...

The human biology major will provide students with a broad biological understanding of our species, from molecules, genes, and cells to tissues, organ systems and organism/environment interactions.

Details and references regarding individual diseases are provided in the Supplementary Appendix. CIDP denotes chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, Covid-19 coronavirus disease 2019, and ...