The test is inexpensive and uses a test strip and a small cube-shaped 1.6-inch reader to quantify a marker of prostate cancer.

New research shows many people are more comfortable speaking to an avatar than a real person.

A blood test, combined with a risk model based on an individual’s history, more accurately determines who will benefit from screenings.

A promising new approach to potentially treat Alzheimer’s disease – and also vaccinate against it – has been developed by a research team.

Researchers at the NIH have discovered a therapy that targets host cells rather than bacterial cells in treating bacterial pneumonia.

This discovery means that doctors could quickly know which antibiotics will or won’t work for a patient’s life-threatening infection.

Lung cancer can be elusive to spot and difficult to treat because the markers for it are found in other tissues, too.

Researchers have successfully suppressed HIV infections in mice—offering a path to a cure for HIV and other chronic viral infections.

To accelerate discoveries for cancer patients, we need new ways to bring together the different types of complex data we generate.

Researchers have found a way to enhance the natural ability of therapeutic antibodies to attack blood cancer cells using the immune system.

Therapies should be highly effective and as free as possible of side effects—a big challenge, particularly in the case of cancer.

Cystic fibrosis is characterized by the build-up of thick, sticky mucus in the lungs which renders breathing increasingly difficult.

Could a brain cancer treatment for man’s best friend also be viable in humans? A promising new study is giving scientists some hope.