Medicine

A molecular handshake between a neuronal adhesion protein and a cell-surface receptor may help explain why some brain tumors behave...

Malaria research has long focused on the parasite’s ability to invade red blood cells, evade immune defenses and alter the...

Mycoviruses—viruses that infect fungi—are emerging as important regulators of fungal chemistry, according to research by Favaretto, Varotto, Kondo and colleagues...

Parkinson’s disease is often introduced through its most visible symptom: tremor. Yet for many patients, the condition is far more...

Lung cancer remains the world’s most commonly diagnosed cancer and one of its deadliest diseases, but a new artificial intelligence...

The insula, a folded region tucked deep within the lateral sulcus of the cerebral cortex, is emerging as one of...

Psychedelic drugs are moving rapidly from counterculture to clinical science, but one central question continues to frustrate researchers: how can...

Parkinson’s disease has long been studied through the lenses of aging, genetics and the nervous system’s response to environmental stress....

Parkinson’s disease may begin damaging cells long before tremors, stiffness, and slowed movement become visible. A new study published in...

A new study is bringing molecular precision to one of Parkinson’s disease’s most important biological puzzles: why changes in the...