TB tests use phlegm — not the easiest thing to get or work with. It takes time for results. And there can be false negatives ...

Scientists have pinpointed a mechanism that may explain heart cancer's rarity and point to new cancer treatments.

Tests promising to reveal your “biological age” are booming. But scientists say the results vary widely — and aren’t reliable ...

A new therapy has the potential to cure hundreds of diseases — and even reverse aging. Credit...Photo illustration by Kensuke ...

All girls and women with Olympic dreams will be subjected to mandatory genetic testing. That's a violation of privacy and a ...

A Utah biotech startup says it has grown functional human sperm in a lab and used it to create early embryos — a development ...

Paterna Biosciences says it has determined the set of instructions needed to turn sperm-making stem cells into "normal, ...

Each year on April 24, scientists, advocates, and policymakers around the world mark World Day for Laboratory Animals—a ...

The US CDC has suspended diagnostic testing for approximately 30 infectious diseases, including rabies and mpox, based on a list of temporarily unavailable tests on the CDC website. The reasons for ...

The cover of National Geographic’s March issue featured a tractor tire dangling from a thread. Not metaphorically, but literally, because the thread is spider silk — five times stronger than steel but ...

An initiative in Malaysia is trying to grow healthier crops by using a fairly controversial method. The 20 participants in the program have been using processed human waste as a fertilizer for their ...

Madeleine May is an investigative producer at CBS News based in Washington, D.C. She previously covered politics for VICE News and reported on organized crime and corruption for OCCRP. She covers ...