Understanding how wounds heal after injury could be a step closer thanks to a new mathematical model developed by researchers ...

Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University have identified a previously unknown system inside cells that works like ...

People need to sleep, and sleep deprivation can cause many changes in the brain. But we have a poor understanding of why sleep is so crucial. New research has examined a fruit fly model to assess how ...

Recent work has revealed some of the many crucial functions of astrocytes, brain cells that were once thought to play primarily supportive roles for neurons. Astrocytes do handle debris around neurons ...

A biology first approach to drug discovery is uncovering stress linked vulnerabilities in cancer. Soley Therapeutics explains ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During their preparation for this battle, B cells transiently revert to a more ...

Alzheimer’s disease has long looked like a slow-motion wildfire, starting in one part of the brain and then advancing along mysterious routes. A new cellular finding now offers a concrete explanation ...