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New research led by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and Yale shows that the oldest ancestors of the group of animals that...

Sepsis is a high-mortality disease that arises when the body’s immune reaction to pathogens causes multi-organ defects. Although infection-induced pro-inflammatory cytokines are indispensable for pathogen...

In the brain, neurons and astrocytes work together to process information and enable complex behavior and cognitive abilities. Astrocytes have many functions like controlling the...

Scientists have shed new light on the role of the placenta in managing the relationships between maternal vitamin D and foetal development, according to a...

Protein degraders, which induce the protein degradation of target proteins, are expected to be the "next-generation drugs" because they can remove disease-related proteins from cells....

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 8, 2022) — Though there are hundreds of species of fish found off the coast of the Maldives, a mesmerizing new addition...

A single protein can reverse the developmental clock on adult brain cells called astrocytes, morphing them into stem-like cells that produce neurons and other cell...

Patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (MS) who adopted a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet saw significant improvements in their MS – including reductions in neurologic disability,...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 8, 2022) – Insufficient oxygen to an area like the heart or legs, called hypoxia, is a cue to our bodies to make...

Embargoed until Tuesday, March 8 at 3.05 am US Eastern Time, 7.05 pm Australian AEDTCredit: iStock / Getty Images Dr_Microbe Embargoed until Tuesday, March 8...

Skoltech researchers and their colleagues from HSE University and York University have presented an extensive dataset of indices derived from ultrasonography scans of three major arteries...

Microglia, the immune cells of the brain, are known for eating up unwanted items like germs and debris, much as their counterparts do in the...

Within the 50,000 known species of spiders about 20 have developed a permanent social life characterised by a remarkable cooperation1. Among these, one or two...

What if you were told there was a completely natural way to stop your body from aging? The trick: You’d have to hibernate from September...

Only two species of cetaceans (dolphins, whales, and porpoises), prey on other marine mammals: the true killer whale, or orca, and the false killer whale,...