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Colossal Bioscience says it has "de-extincted" the dire wolf, but other scientists disagree and say more important conservation science is being lost in all the hype

MIT scientists find the protein IL-17 that fights infection also acts on the brain, inducing anxiety or sociability. This adds to evidence that immune molecules can influence behavior during illness.

Right now, we just have hair and fat—but it's a start.

Colossal Biosciences announced it has genetically engineered the Colossal Woolly Mouse, which has a warm coat like the woolly mammoth.

Graduate student and MathWorks fellow Louis DeRidder is developing a device to make chemotherapy dosing more accurate for individual patients.

Tirzepatide is just as effective in reducing cardiovascular risk driven by central adiposity as that driven by general adiposity, shows a new analysis of the SUMMIT trial.

After the Chernobyl disaster, pet dogs were left behind. Thirty generations later, their descendants roam the barren landscape. So how did they survive?

A project has been awarded funding to investigate a strain of Salmonella often found in cattle. The grant will fund research to explore the genetic and

Amyloid not consistently tied to depressive symptoms in people without dementia

Score based on pathology images an independent predictor of PFS, OS

But the observational data may be too weak to impact practice on prophylaxis

Case-control study reinforces connection between inflammation and HFpEF

Guidance particularly addresses the value of ultrasound in patient-provider shared decision-making in management of care.

Two MIT faculty members are elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2024: Matthew Vander Heiden, Director of the Koch Institute and professor of biology, and Fan Wang, professor of brain and cognitive sciences and McGovern Institute investigator.

When it was prescribed within a week of SARS CoV-2 infection, metformin was associated with a 53% reduction in long COVID or death.

Beyond its impact on our lungs, the use of tobacco can leave a lasting impact on the human body, specifically on our skeletal system, new research says.

Ruxolitinib cream applied on an as-needed basis provided sustained clearance of hidradenitis suppurativa nodules during the open-label extension of a phase 2 trial.

AI virtual cells will simulate a vast range of cellular behaviours at resolutions never before possible, say scientists.

When childhood atopic dermatitis persists into adulthood, the large reduction in quality of life suggests that the price of inadequate control in children is high.

Dingoes are one of two remaining unadmixed populations of an early East Asian dog lineage, the other being wild dogs from the New Guinea highlands, but connections between these groups have long proved elusive.