For the first time in history, scientists believe aging might be reversible. Through breakthroughs in gene therapy, stem cell ...

For much of the 20th century it was thought that the adult brain was incapable of regeneration. This view has since shifted dramatically and neurogenesis – the birth of new neurons – is now a widely ...

The Golden Goose Award ceremony took place this evening (September 16). The award, hosted and co-founded by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, recognizes federally funded ...

Many winners of the annual Lasker Awards have gone on to win a Nobel Prize in medicine or other fields. Lucy Shapiro of Stanford University was honored for her 55-year career investigating how ...