A newly discovered communication system in the microscopic “antennae” of cells may help explain how some congenital heart defects develop. When genetic mutations disrupt this system, the effects may ...

A single drug taken during pregnancy may leave sharply different fingerprints on the developing brains of boys and girls, and a new study points to an unexpected culprit: a form of iron-driven cell ...

Cancer biology—and, in turn, cancer treatment—have come a long way in the last few decades. Most people recognize this ...

Inside each human cell, about 2 meters (6.6 feet) of genomic DNA must be accurately copied and equally transmitted to two ...

Repetitive DNA and the D1 protein help matching fruit fly chromosomes recognize one another before eggs form.

H5N1 bird flu caused severe infections in cows’ udders while largely sparing their lungs when it began spreading among U.S.

Researchers have uncovered a hidden molecular warning sign of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) that can linger even when patients feel well and appear to be in remission. By studying around 900 human ...

Blade 1998 science holds up 28 years later: the horror-action film built its vampire mythology on real biochemistry, ...

For the first time, scientists have created a single-cell and spatial transcriptomics framework to investigate damage to ...

Blocking a tumor antioxidant restored T cell activity and made some resistant cancers more responsive to immunotherapy in mice.

One of the most stubborn puzzles in esophageal cancer research has just gained a striking new piece. Myeloid-derived ...

Godzilla Minus Zero science goes deeper than most monster films dare: the sequel's fictional radiation biology was partially ...