Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

A team of scientists from China has successfully created a miniature womb on a chip that mimics the complex environment of ...

As we age, we don't recover from injury or illness like we did when we were young. But new research from UCSF has found gene ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines ...

Scientists have found that antibodies stop UTI-causing E. coli by jamming or mimicking cell receptors, preventing bacterial ...

A team of researchers led by bioengineer Shaochen Chen will use 3D printing techniques to shape stem cells produced by local firm Allele Biotechnology ...

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies ...

The mucosal surfaces that line the body are embedded with defensive molecules that help keep microbes from causing ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and acute kidney failure. However, there have been limitations in directly ...

A new multi-pronged antibody design could help immune cells receive stronger activation signals against cancer. Researchers ...