Biology

Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) remains one of the most difficult forms of critical lung injury to treat. The syndrome...

Amphibians carry a gene that may be central to one of the immune system’s most important balancing acts, according to...

Scientists have developed a new fermentation-based method for producing hydroxycinnamoyltyramines, a family of plant-derived phenolic compounds that has attracted growing...

Methionine is often described as one of the quiet workhorses of biology. It helps initiate protein synthesis, supports cellular metabolism...

Long non-coding RNAs have long been treated as if each gene produces a single molecular identity: one RNA, one cellular...

Zika virus vaccines have long faced a difficult immunological problem: the antibodies they generate may protect against infection, but they...

Zika virus vaccine research has taken a decisive turn toward understanding not only whether vaccination prevents infection, but also which...

A new method reported in Nature Cell Biology is offering scientists an unusually detailed view of how chemical modifications are...

A hidden link between microbial chemistry and animal nutrition has emerged from a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution,...

Psychiatric diagnosis may soon become less dependent on drawing rigid boundaries between disorders that frequently overlap in symptoms, biology and...