New sequencing tools revealed inflammatory brain cell clusters, age-related genetic changes, and vulnerable regions involved ...

Rowan University students earn prestigious NSF Graduate Research Fellowships for work on cell therapies, planetary science ...

Why do cells age—and why do we lose our energy and vitality as we get older? This question is one of the central challenges ...

The immune system orchestrates a multi-step response to protect the body from infections and other diseases. Specifically, ...

Neutralizing antibodies are central components of the host defense against infectious diseases, as they can directly block viral entry into host cells and ...

Threats to pollinators from oxidative stress are lowest in organically managed systems, as show in a study of two bee species ...

Calcium is widely known for its role in maintaining strong bones and teeth, but it is also one of the body's most important ...

Physicists studying active matter — materials that can use their own internal energy to respond to forces — have uncovered ...

Creating artificial systems that mimic the functioning of cells is one of the goals of what is known as synthetic biology. These models, known as synthetic or biomimetic cells, allow some of the basic ...

In a new study published in Science titled, “Mitochondrial metabolism and signaling direct dendritic cell function in antitumor immunity,” researchers from St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have ...

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered how tumors disable immune "gatekeeper" cells that alert the rest of the immune system to the presence of cancer - and how restoring ...