A new study from The University of Texas at Arlington has revealed how cells control their mitochondria—the "energy producers ...

The prize-winning work explains how the immune system attacks hostile infections, but not the body's own cells.

Mary E. Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi were awarded the prize for research showing how the body regulates its ...

By learning to adjust these biological “brakes” with precision, medicine is entering a new era. Treatments inspired by these ...

For the Nobel laureates, the journey began in the 1980s with Shakaguchi’s discovery, and was furthered in the 1990s-2000s by ...

Scientists at UCSF identified a key cellular switch that plays a large role in pulmonary fibrosis, and found a way of ...

Scientists published more than three dozen papers as part of the Human Cell Atlas, an effort to map the human body cell by cell. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Schmidtea mediterranea, a freshwater flatworm (or planarian), has adult pluripotent stem cells spread all throughout its ...

Activating lysosome biogenesis helps alleviate cellular senescence in progeria. Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome (HGPS) ...

We have trillions of body clocks — a central one in the brain and others in each cell of our body. Here's how they work with light to control our health. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

How Does Libtayo Work for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)? Libtayo is a specific kind of medicine called immunotherapy. Immunotherapies work by helping your body’s own immune system work to fight ...

Alecensa (alectinib) is a medicine used for treating certain lung cancers. Alecensa is used to treat non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) that is anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK)-positive. It is used to ...