What if cancer patients could do something to protect healthy tissue from chemotherapy so it only kills the cancer? In a series of studies, researchers have found that a starvation diet for 48 hours before chemo gives healthy cells an edge.

Researchers have confirmed what a lot of you mothers out there already know: some infants just seem programmed to need their mothers more. Scientists have found a genetic reason why some baby monkeys are more attached to mom, and that the attachment is more like an addiction.

New research by psychologists suggests we’re born ready to look for snakes. As this ScienCentral News video reports, a series of experiments showed that people, even toddlers, tend to recognize and locate a snake faster than other plants and animals.

Why are addicts so bad at thinking about tomorrow, beyond viewing it as a better time to quit than today? New research shows smokers’ brains ignore signals about “what might happen.” The study looked at smokers’ choices about investing, not about their habit.

Why do some people keep eating even when they have full tummies? Research using water balloons in the stomach may answer that question.

Geneticists are discovering that identical twins don’t have identical DNA. This surprising research could help scientists better understand genetic diseases in the rest of us.

A lollipop that prevents cavities? If you haven’t already seen them in your child’s dentist’s office, you may soon. Researchers pored over Chinese herbal remedies and found the answer lay in licorice.

Researchers are developing a long-lasting way to relieve chronic pain with a single injection. The work so far has been done in rats, but researchers hope to one day offer it as an alternative when even strong drugs like morphine fail.

A new analysis of deadly E. coli bacteria offers some ominous news about the bacteria. Researchers have found there are different sub-types of the deadly E. coli bacteria and that the most dangerous type is becoming much more common in food borne outbreaks.

Amid the news of a $23-million dollar court settlement by the makers of Airborne (a supplement that’s earned hundreds of millions of dollars in sales with the claim that it boosts the immune system) biomedical engineers are publishing research on a powder that could turn out to be the real thing. As this ScienCentral News video explains, the new powder could first be used to help fight cancer.