Recent clustering of Kawasaki disease in San Diego points to environmental causes

New research reevaluates understanding of coral feeding and could aid in identifying coral reefs more resilient to bleaching events

Artificial neural networks—algorithms inspired by connections in the brain—have "learned" to perform a variety of tasks, from pedestrian detection in self-driving cars, to analyzing medical images

A wearable ultrasound patch that non-invasively monitors blood pressure in arteries deep beneath the skin could help people detect cardiovascular problems

An international team of researchers has uncovered a destructive mechanism at the molecular level that causes a well-known phenomenon associated with obesity, called leptin resistance

Hastings Center Report, co-edited by UCSF bioethicist, outlines ethics and policy recommendations on genome-wide sequencing of newborns

For the first time, researchers have determined that Kawasaki Disease can be accurately diagnosed on the basis of the pattern of host gene expression in whole blood

The finding could help fight hospital-acquired infections

Clusters of bacteria employ the same "percolation" method we use to brew coffee

Protein "proofreading" errors lead to neurodegenerative disease

For a recent study, researchers identified the minimum healthy level of 25-hydroxyvitamin D in blood plasma to be 30 nanograms per milliliter

Innovation establishes method to control invasive fly that deposits eggs in fruit crops, causing millions in damage

New technique can reveal previously undetectable bacteria in places where they aren't wanted

The light-activated genetic switch could be used to turn genes on and off in gene therapies

Science continues to peel away layers of the skin microbiome to reveal its protective properties