This story is part of a series on the current progression in Regenerative Medicine. In 1999, I defined regenerative medicine as the collection of interventions that restore tissues and organs damaged ...

For nearly a century, scientists have understood how crystalline materials—such as metals and semiconductors—bend without ...

The main belief that rats are major disease-carrying vectors might be true. Rats can absorb disease agents from the environment and spread them to animals and humans, a new study says. The new study ...

Aired September 29 2020 As land is deforested and tick ranges expand, Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses are a growing threat to humans and pets. In Part 2 of Disease Vectors in the U.S.A., ...

There are several types of viral vectors that can be used to deliver nucleic acids into the genetic makeup of cells, including retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, adeno-associated virus and herpes ...

Moorfields Eye Hospital in London made international headlines last week. Doctors announced they had saved the sight of four young children suffering from a rare genetic condition that rapidly causes ...

Serious health challenges face communities, as our overheating planet creates perfect conditions for disease-carrying insects ...

Doctors say they are concerned about false rumors and “hysteria” that the unaccompanied children coming across the border from Mexico into Texas are carrying diseases such as Ebola and dengue fever.