Medicine

Melatonin, the hormone best known for steering the body's sleep-wake cycle, may also hold the key to taming a destructive...

Parkinson's disease has long been defined by the microscopic inclusions known as Lewy bodies, dense aggregates of the protein alpha-synuclein...

Every year, hundreds of thousands of people worldwide survive the sudden rupture of a brain aneurysm, only to face an...

Neuroscientists have long been able to record the electrical chatter of neurons with remarkable precision, but making sense of the...

Obesity has long been known to erode muscle mass and strength, quietly setting the stage for a condition clinicians call...

An eight-year-old girl in Ecuador has become the focus of a landmark genomic investigation after a probiotic drink sold over...

Artificial intelligence systems are increasingly being asked not just to generate medical conclusions but to judge whether other AI systems...

Frailty, the state of heightened vulnerability that emerges as biological reserves dwindle with age, has become one of the most...

Pregnancy may be one of the most physiologically demanding experiences the human body can undergo, and a new review suggests...

A team of engineers and surgeons in China has built a handheld surgical robot that brings robotic dexterity to laparoscopic...