Triclosan, found in hand soaps and other products, is shown to hinder muscle contraction in animal models.

Doctors push the medical boundaries to get "unacceptable" candidate back on the transplant list and offer her a new chance at life.

One way to reduce the deaths and disease from smoking is to show farmers how to change their choice of crops. A UCLA researcher has initiated successful crop substitution project in tobacco-rich China.

UC Irvine medical students are showing the world how technology can improve health care.

An intensive muscle retraining protocol developed by a UCLA professor provides the foundation for the remarkable progress of former college football player who was paralyzed from the neck down in a diving accident.

Using super-resolution microscopy and continuous fluorescent imaging, physicists have revealed the structure of bacterial biofilms, which are responsible for the tenacious nature of bacterial diseases such as cholera and chronic sinusitus.

Biologists' finding points in completely new and promising direction for the development of drugs to treat metabolic disorders.

UCSF AIDS pioneer continues to uncover the biological mysteries of the virus that has defined a generation.

Researchers say lab-based tests may be a boon to both clinicians and researchers.

Researchers describe inflammatory mechanism — the common response to too much sun exposure — for first time.

Economic downturn hit families with children, low-income Latinos particularly hard.

Smokers in study did not overcompensate for lower nicotine content.