Medicine

For decades, microglia have been viewed as the brain’s permanent immune residents: cells that arrive during embryonic development, settle into...

For decades, myelin has been viewed primarily as the nervous system’s insulation: a lipid-rich wrapping that accelerates electrical signals as...

A study published in Nature Communications has identified a pathogenic immune pathway that links chronic Clonorchis sinensis infection to liver...

For years, cancer research has treated tumor cells as relatively stable enemies: cells that multiply, spread and acquire resistance through...

Lead contamination in urban homes may be reaching residents through a pathway that is easy to overlook: ordinary household dust...

Parkinson’s disease may begin changing the brain’s movement circuitry before the first unmistakable behavioral symptoms appear, according to a new...

As digital technology becomes woven into healthcare, communication, banking and everyday services, a new study is examining an increasingly important...

A methodological dispute over how efficiently short DNA molecules close into circles has moved into the spotlight, with researchers R.T....

Gene regulation is often portrayed as the work of stable molecular machines: large complexes assembled from precisely arranged parts, operating...

Obesity may need to be defined less by a person’s metabolic test results and more by whether excess body fat...