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In a finding that reshapes how scientists think about the biological costs of radiation exposure, a new study has revealed that fruit flies carrying mutations...

The hypothalamus, a thumbnail-sized structure deep in the brain that governs hunger, sleep, stress hormones and circadian rhythm, is emerging as an unexpected player in...

Breast cancer patients who later suffer heart damage from one of the world’s most widely used chemotherapy drugs already carry a distinct chemical fingerprint in...

Prostate cancer that stops responding to androgen receptor–targeted therapies remains one of the most lethal challenges in oncology, and a new study from Duke University...

What makes a medical simulation feel real, and more importantly, what makes it actually train a surgeon well? A new study from a team of...

In a striking fusion of traditional Chinese medicine diagnostics and cutting-edge artificial intelligence, researchers in China have unveiled a generative AI system capable of producing...

In a discovery that upends one of immunology’s most trusted assumptions, researchers in China have revealed how colorectal cancer cells hijack a molecule normally celebrated...

The first two years of human life harbor one of the most consequential microbial ecosystems a person will ever carry, and a new international study...

In a wide-ranging review that could reshape how scientists approach the diagnosis and treatment of multiple diseases, researchers in China have compiled the most comprehensive...

Waterborne parasites circulating silently in rivers and sewage systems may be far more genetically diverse—and far more widespread—than conventional testing has ever revealed. A new...

In a finding that could reshape how scientists think about gut microbes, methane emissions, and the health of the world’s dairy herds, researchers have produced...

In a finding that is already rippling through pediatric neurology and infectious disease circles, researchers in Tehran have detected DNA from Merkel cell polyomavirus —...

Ulcerative colitis has long been framed as a disorder of the gut’s bacterial residents, but a new prospective study suggests that the fungal side of...

Bacteria that can eat one of the simplest carbon molecules on Earth—formate—and turn it into useful chemicals have long been touted as a cornerstone of...

A new artificial intelligence framework that can predict what an enzyme does—without ever being told where its active sites are—has been unveiled by researchers in...