Researchers are discovering that microscopic plastics are not only polluting the environment but also accumulating inside the ...

A single-dose gene replacement therapy is found to improve movement ability in children over 2 years of age and teenagers with spinal muscular atrophy, according to research published in Nature ...

Key Takeaways Researchers have created a video game to help elementary students learn more about anatomy The game teaches ...

From custom gene editing to a discovery that could help stop pancreatic cancer before it starts, these advances offer a ...

Danielle Arlanda Harris receives funding from the Queensland Family and Child Commission and the Australian Research Council. Families with young children are yet again reeling after this week’s Four ...

A bipartisan Michigan Senate bill package would strengthen penalties for human trafficking and allow the state to take away children from parents convicted of that crime. The provision around ...

One of the first signs of puberty is likely to be new body odor. This is perfectly normal. Every child will have some body odor as puberty begins. This often starts as early as age 8 or 9. Pre-teens ...

Women in their 60s and 70s could theoretically one day give birth to genetically related children, according to scientists pioneering a breakthrough technique that converts DNA from skin cells into ...

Creating human eggs from adult cells just got one step closer to reality. A technique used in cloning combined with fertilization and a bit of chemical coaxing caused human skin cells to produce eggs ...

The From Labs to Lives Blog connects everyday topics with UC Davis research. Each post is reviewed by our experts, ensuring you always get useful information you can trust. Because we can’t see them, ...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Numerica employees dropped off 600 pounds of hygiene products Thursday to Spokane non-profit Project Beauty Share to support the charity's first Hope 4 Kids Hygiene Drive. 4 News Now ...

Science writer Mary Roach is fascinated by the human body, especially, she says, the "gooey bits and pieces of us that are performing miracles on a daily basis." Take the human heart, for instance. If ...