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Cancer is often seen as a disease that arises from genetic mutations causing cells to divide uncontrollably and invade other parts of the body. But the spread of cells away from their origins is actually a normal process in some cases. The embryo burrows into the uterus during early pregnancy.…

A mouse study finds a cell group in the brain responsible for releasing dopamine in response to gentle touches in mice, which serves as an analog in humans.

Where does the accountability lie in the recent shooting in Newport News, Virginia, for a country so inured to gun violence?

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Senn's father, long dead, appeared to her as she lay back in the dimly lit room at the Santa Monica clinic, a mask over her closed eyes, and the psychedelic trip began.

Questions over why suspect's violent past did not trigger Colorado's "red flag" law

BALTIMORE — Design plans were released this week for a 34,000-square-foot building near the medical campus of Johns Hopkins University that will be named after Henrietta Lacks.

Astronomers thought they were looking at one distant galaxy, but new Webb images reveal two -- on a collision course with a third.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says he won't cause a deep recession but that "pain" is necessary to fight inflation. To curb the largest price increases in four decades, the US Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates this year. "The Fed is doing a bad job because they don't…

Tracker launched by US professor Lauren Gardner in early days of outbreak credited with informing global response.

A scientist who built a global COVID-19 website received this year's Lasker award for public service

Space agency conducts Dart mission to learn whether asteroid’s trajectory can be diverted away from Earth