A previously unknown strain of syphilis bacteria has been discovered in human remains in Colombia, dating back 5,500 years.

Scientists recover DNA from a 5,500-year-old burial in Colombia, revealing ancient syphilis-related bacteria and reshaping disease history.

“Our results push back the association of T. pallidum with humans by thousands of years, possibly more than 10,000 years ago ...

Alzheimer's disease has long been thought to be irreversible, but new research using a mouse model offers hope.

From a 5,500-year-old human shinbone, scientists have discovered a close cousin of the pathogen that causes syphilis, providing the oldest evidence yet that the disease has ancient roots in the ...

A large, multidisciplinary team led by researchers from Texas A&M University has made a potentially game-changing discovery about the development of ...

Ultraviolet light is one of the most familiar cancer risks on Earth, yet it still behaves like a slow, silent explosive in ...

Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center and its Bloomberg~Kimmel Institute for Cancer Immunotherapy found that ...

Circulating tumour DNA (ctDNA) is transforming how we diagnose and treat complex cancers, particularly when clinical pathways ...

He's lost his father, a brother, aunts, uncles and extended family members to cancer — many of them in their 30s and 40s.

Treponema pallidum, a microorganism that can cause a deadly sexually transmitted disease in humans, may have a far more ancient lineage than scientists once thought ...