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With the assistance of molecules known as RNA, the information stored on a gene’s DNA is eventually translated to make a protein. Some of these proteins, known as transcription factors, bind to DNA and control the timing of other genes—determining when they are activated or deactivated. This process is repeated, over and over, guiding the development of a fertilized egg as it becomes an embryo and then a mature organism.

A high-speed robotic screening system, aimed at protecting human health by improving how chemicals are tested in the United States, begins today to test 10,000 compounds for potential toxicity.

A long-term grantee of the National Institutes of Health has been awarded the International Prize for Biology from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Depression is the most common psychiatric disorder among HIV-positive people.

Prenatal steroids — given to pregnant women at risk for giving birth prematurely — appear to improve survival and limit brain injury among infants born as early as the 23rd week of pregnancy, according to a study by a National Institutes of Health research network.

In addition to arsenic, dangerous levels of lead have been found in apple juice, according to Consumer Reports.

With the winter holidays upon us, you’ll likely be surrounded by family, friends and plenty of good food. Many of these foods, though, can be high in fat. Learn which fats are naughty and which are nice to your health. Then you can make smarter food choices.

Researchers have found what appear to be 2 key components of the long-sought-after mechanotransduction channel in the inner ear—the place where sound waves are transformed into the electrical signals that the brain recognizes as sound.

A new study found that wood-burning cooking stoves with chimneys lowered exposure to wood smoke from open cooking fires and reduced the rate of severe pneumonia by 30% in children less than 18 months of age.

A cluster of breast cancer cells.