Medicine

A newly reported molecular mechanism is drawing attention to one of the most tightly regulated steps in cell biology: the...

A new study published in Nature Communications is drawing attention to a question at the intersection of diabetes, heart rhythm...

For decades, biologists have known that the liver is not a uniform chemical factory. Its cells perform different tasks depending...

A Parkinson’s treatment designed to smooth out the disease’s most disruptive motor fluctuations is now drawing attention to a different...

Parkinson’s disease has long been described as a disorder of dopamine-producing neurons, but a new comparative study suggests that its...

A smartwatch may be doing far more than counting steps. It may be quietly recording a shifting portrait of how...

A metabolic by-product best known for its role in cellular energy production may be helping obesity turn osteoarthritis into a...

Cytokines are among the immune system’s most powerful molecular messengers. These small proteins coordinate inflammation, guide the development of immune...

A new study in npj Viruses is examining how orthoflaviviruses manipulate one of the most dynamic systems inside infected cells:...

Urinary tract infections are commonly treated as infections that unfold in an exposed, fluid-filled environment. Yet some of the bacteria...