DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an ...

Research identifies specific gut microbes associated with future type 2 diabetes risk, emphasizing the impact of dietary ...

Widely recognized as the face of food poisoning, salmonella bacteria lurk in raw meat and poultry, on pets, and in ...

New research finds that birds can use lactate, often thought of as a metabolic waste product, as a cellular fuel that aids in ...

For the study, reproductive biologist Francesca Duncan and her team observed how the functions of ovaries change with age in ...

ANCHOR, a 3D human brainstem atlas, combines MRI and microscopy imaging to help researchers study neurodegenerative diseases ...

Targeted activation of specific nerve cells using pulses of light alleviates motor impairments in an animal model of Huntington's disease and restores healthy neuronal activity. These findings have ...

To work correctly, your body needs healthy blood cells. It makes new ones every day. All blood cells start in your bone marrow as stem cells. Each type of blood cell does its job and then dies off.

A growing body of research suggests astrocytes, star-shaped brain cells once dismissed as support players, may lead the way to more precise and effective psychiatric drugs. This fluorescent microscope ...

In a new study published in Science titled, “Mitochondrial metabolism and signaling direct dendritic cell function in antitumor immunity,” researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have ...

Stomatal evolution was a primary driver in the radical transformation of Earth’s atmosphere over the past 400 my, providing plants with the ability to regulate water loss and optimize photosynthesis.