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Tryptophan, the amino acid best known as a building block for serotonin, may be far more deeply involved in female reproductive health than previously recognized....

Ankle sprains are often treated as temporary injuries, but for many people the consequences persist long after swelling and pain have subsided. As many as...

Candida auris, an emerging fungal pathogen responsible for difficult-to-control outbreaks in hospitals worldwide, appears to make a strategic decision before it attacks: it evaluates the...

A vaccine built from genetically engineered baker’s yeast and decorated with a slow-changing influenza protein has protected mice against three influenza strains, according to researchers...

A cookie made from plastic bottles, corn stalks and engineered yeast may sound like science fiction, but researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale say their...

A yeast-based vaccine candidate targeting a conserved influenza protein has protected mice against multiple influenza A strains, raising the possibility of a broader and longer-lasting...

Parkinson’s disease is often described through its most recognizable symptoms—tremor, stiffness and slowed movement—but one of its most dangerous complications can arrive suddenly and without...

Low- and middle-income countries are carrying the overwhelming share of the world’s cervical cancer deaths, and a new review warns that the survival gap affecting...

For decades, vast stretches of the animal genome were dismissed as genetic “junk”—repetitive DNA sequences that do not encode proteins and appeared to have no...

A simple calculation from two routine blood tests is drawing new attention to a question that could affect millions of teenagers: how early can metabolic...

As families across the United States rebuild school-day routines, a familiar morning problem is taking on new significance: how to get children to eat a...

Researchers in Japan have developed a wastewater treatment technology that could transform nitrogen pollution from an environmental liability into a recoverable resource. A team from...

A new study from Osaka Metropolitan University is drawing attention to an overlooked consequence of shoulder replacement surgery: the gradual loss of bone surrounding the...

Pregnancy Is a High-Stakes Biological Trial, and Loss Is Its Most Common Outcome Pregnancy is often described as a predictable sequence that begins with fertilization...

Extreme heat and bitter cold are usually reported as threats to health, infrastructure and agriculture. A new study published in Nature Communications adds another consequence...