If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...

The immune system acts as a critical sentinel of organismal aging, integrating the sensing of physiological states with the ...

Canadians swallow millions of pills every day to treat common health issues like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and ...

A rogue set of “zombie” immune cells may be driving aging and fatty liver disease by flooding tissues with inflammation.

A growing body of research suggests astrocytes, star-shaped brain cells once dismissed as support players, may lead the way ...

Senate Bill 2427, sponsored by Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, passed 102-3, with one present vote. It would require ...

A team of researchers has found a hidden "army" deep inside half the global population that protect the human body from a ...

The patient was bedridden and needed daily blood transfusions, and she had tried nine different therapies that didn't bring ...

As more labs have adopted this methodology, they’ve created increasingly complex structures, including interconnected systems ...

A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialing back cell development can safely refresh ...

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated.

UCLA researchers have identified a rogue population of immune cells that quietly accumulates in aging tissues and in the livers of people with fatty liver disease. Clearing these cells, they found, ...