Research teams have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human ...

Discover the surprising whole-body effects of Alzheimer's disease as evidence uncovers how brain proteins damage metabolism, ...

Research teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have created a versatile set of gene delivery systems that can reach different neural cell types in the human brain and spinal cord ...

A common class of antidepressant medications might be even more useful than we thought. Research out today suggests that ...

The single-celled parasite Entamoeba histolytica infects 50 million people each year, killing nearly 70,000. Usually, this ...

What happens when the dengue virus enters the body? What kind of immunity cells does it encounter? What does the body's ...

In biology classes from high school through university, I learned that mitochondria are little objects that reside within ...

The human body and its organs are composed of a wide variety of cell types. Although all cells contain the same genes, they ...

The Human Cell Atlas is an international collaboration of scientists dedicated to mapping all of the cells in the human body.

Now, Cortical Labs has successfully developed a brain-on-a-chip computer primarily designed to aid scientists and researchers ...

While Alzheimer's disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, ...

A new gene editor takes advantage of CRISPR-associated proteins to insert whole genes into the genome, scientists report.