The campaign, which began on March 13, was started to help find a stem cell donor for Cornell alumni Juan Uribe's son, Max Uribe.

Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer, with more than two million cases expected this year. The Independent’s Julia Musto thought she might be one of them ...

The researchers explored whether cells collected from inside the mouth could reveal signs of schizophrenia. These cells, known as buccal cells, line the inside of the cheeks and can be collected ...

A simple cheek swab could one day provide a quick and noninvasive diagnostic test for schizophrenia. A new study published in ...

A one-minute cheek swab could soon replace months of diagnostic uncertainty for millions of patients. Researchers at Rutgers University have identified two key proteins in cheek cells that correlate ...

AC Milan and England midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek will undergo surgery after fracturing his teeth and jaw. Loftus-Cheek, 30, was taken off on a stretcher with his head in a brace following a ...

Authorities have identified a woman found dead along railroad tracks in Conway County in 1994, ending a decades-long effort to learn who she was. Conway resident arrested after standoff with SWAT team ...

Texas A&M researchers found a way to make stem cells produce double the normal number of mitochondria using nanoflower particles. These energized stem cells then transfer their surplus “power packs” ...

CHEEK, Texas — Residents in the Cheek community of Jefferson County are ramping up concerns over a proposed ExxonMobil carbon capture project, urging elected officials to hear their safety worries ...

The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, decide what to do. If the cell quickly self-destructs, that will prevent ...

A novel technique that uses a simple cheek swab to detect gene mutations in healthy tissue could emerge as a "useful tool for cancer prevention", researchers have suggested. Experts anticipate that ...