Emily Cooke

Using bat poop to fertilize plants like cannabis can sometimes have deadly consequences. A report highlights two fatal cases that affected men in New York.

Unique versions of the lactase gene found in the genomes of East Asian people may have increased in prevalence within the population over time because they bolstered immune responses against pathogens, new data reveal.

A first-of-its-kind stem cell transplant has changed the life of a man who was left blind in one eye following a firework accident.

Patients with PFIC develop liver failure as a result of a buildup of a digestive fluid known as bile.

A new therapy repairs corneal damage to a patient's eye using stem cells from their other, healthy eye.

A new study has pinpointed cells in the brains of mice that have the unique ability to proliferate and may help to repair damaged tissue. Scientists now need to determine if similar cells exist in human brains.

Researchers estimate that recent abortion bans have driven a rise in infant death rates in affected states, especially among Black children and kids with congenital anomalies.

New research suggests that people who are exposed to higher levels of air pollution and extreme temperatures during pregnancy have longer pregnancies than people who are not exposed to these conditions.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an extremely rare and fatal brain-wasting disease that's like a human version of "mad cow."

Neurons found in one of the oldest regions of the brain may control when we stop eating a meal, new research in mice hints.