There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

A multidisciplinary team has uncovered a key mechanism that allows the human bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae—responsible for ...

When a T cell encounters a cell carrying pieces of a virus or bacteria, the two form a tight contact point known as an immune ...

A new study from the Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute now shows how human stem cell based therapy may help ...

Inflammation is a vascular or blood vessel and cellular reaction in the human body to stimulus and trauma. It refers to your ...

Researchers in Japan are exploring a future where the body itself becomes a health monitor, no screens or batteries required.

AMOLF researchers discovered a mysterious interplay of insulin signals in the worm C. elegans. The insulin-driven protein DAF ...

Evidence is mounting that our body fat supports everything from our bone health to our mood, and now, research suggests it ...

New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...

Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was discovered in the early 1930s when an English scientist isolated a compound from ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

A new mouse study suggests that "beige" fat surrounding blood vessels can send calming signals to the arteries—revealing an ...