Researchers have shown for the first time that human heart muscle cells regenerate after a heart attack. The study reveals ...

A Dartmouth study published in Nature Communications reveals that immune cells in the brain use a surprising two-step process ...

Using single-cell epigenomic profiling of immune cells from 110 individuals, researchers show that genetic variation and ...

Let’s say it’s 2036, and scientists are working on a new class of drugs. Today, for instance, pharmaceutical companies use ...

Human fetal tissue research has helped in the development of some vaccines.

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...

There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Pioneering research by experts at the University of Sydney, the Baird Institute and the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in ...

The human brain contains billions of connected neurons that collectively support different mental functions, including the ...

The zoonotic virus travels to humans through infected fruit bats, contaminated food, or close contact with infected individuals. It can also rapidly progress to severe brain inflammation, marking one ...

Multiple sclerosis is a disease in which the immune system erroneously attacks a protective insulation that surrounds neurons ...