Touch—the first sense to develop in the womb—is fundamental to our bodily experience and our everyday lives. Yet, as the ...

Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and exercise performance for ...

Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem ...

Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have developed CellScope, a high-performance single-cell analysis ...

Cornell researchers have uncovered a built-in molecular "gate" that controls the production of the molecule nitric oxide, a crucial signaling molecule throughout biology that in humans helps regulate ...

Cancer tumors hijack the vagus nerve to communicate with the brain, triggering a hormonal response that suppresses the immune system.

A wave of recent neuroscience research has identified specific molecular and cellular mechanisms through which alcohol disrupts signaling between brain cells, offering a sharper picture of how ...

A new study maps millions of cells across organs and shows how aging changes the body in coordinated and surprising ways.

Researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California (USC) have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that elicits a more controlled immune response ...

New study reveals how influenza virus infiltrates heart tissue via specialised immune cells, triggering damaging interferon ...