Explore the science behind cold plunges and how they transform your cells for better health and cold tolerance.

Enduring a week’s worth of cold water plunges can jolt the body’s cells into starting the process of autophagy to clean up ...

A new study from the University of Ottawa finds repeated cold plunges may improve cellular health and resilience by enhancing ...

Cold plunges have become a fixture on wellness feeds and gym schedules. But what does science say when you strip away the ...

What do cells do when they are “hungry”? Eukaryotic cells cope with starving conditions by eating their own components, a process called autophagy. Aa Aa Aa Normally, when you are hungry you ...

These disruptions ultimately resulted in Purkinje cell death and motor gait dysfunction, underscoring the critical role of ...

A new study conducted at the Human and Environmental Physiology Research lab (HEPRU) at the University of Ottawa has unveiled ...

This study shows that poor oral health — particularly gum infections caused by Porphyromonas gingivalis — could make heart ...

A recent study from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India has revealed new details about how our cells clean up and recycle waste. This process, known as autophagy, is like a self ...

Cell biologist Xuejun Jiang studies the mysteries of programmed cell death and its role in the formation of tumors. We spoke with Dr. Jiang in 2008, four years after he joined the Sloan Kettering ...

The Overholtzer lab studies mechanisms of nutrient sensing and cellular responses to nutrient starvation, including the nutrient recycling pathway autophagy, scavenging pathways such as ...