Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord ...

A common class of antidepressant medications might be even more useful than we thought. Research out today suggests that ...

Discover the surprising whole-body effects of Alzheimer's disease as evidence uncovers how brain proteins damage metabolism, ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord ...

New research has shown how the parasitic amoeba Entamoeba histolytica takes bites from your cells to use as a disguise, ...

With its fascinating ability to regrow entire limbs and internal organs, the Mexican axolotl is the ideal model for studying regeneration. Scientists have now found a factor that tells cells which ...

Taste, pain, or response to stress—nearly all essential functions in the human body are regulated by molecular switches ...

Scientists have revealed how a parasite that affects millions of people every year evades our immune defenses.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have developed a new stem cell model of the mature human amniotic sac ... which leaves the body when the mother's waters break before labor.

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

Ultraweak biophotons largely caused by metabolic processes could play a key role in noninvasive health testing.