Umbilical cords are a potentially life-saving source of blood stem cells for people with leukemia and other diseases. But there aren’t enough cells to meet demand. Now an experimental treatment offers hope for a solution.

Researchers discover that networks of proteins circulating in the blood influence the development and progression of chronic diseases.

A middle school student curious about science grows into a college-bound scientist.

Compound offers a potential tool for fighting drug-resistant malaria parasites.

On Friday nights, Juan Pedro García Hernández goes dancing – but for rest of the time he’s taking care of his mother.

Patients with glaucoma, which affects 60 million people worldwide, can lose up to 40 percent of their sight before they begin to notice any change in vision.

An investigational treatment for an uncommon immunodeficiency disease races into clinical studies.