For decades, depression has been explained to patients as a “chemical imbalance” in the brain, a vague phrase that never ...

Diets and healthy eating habits hold promise for preventing and treating diseases, but far less is known about acute effects ...

Diabetes mellitus affects more than 500 million people worldwide, and both Type 1 (T1D) and Type 2 (T2D) forms converge on a common endpoint: the loss or ...

Researchers combined electronic sensors with human islet cells to create living ‘cyborg’ organoids transmitting troves of ...

Years before he conducted the research that would earn him a Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine, Shinya Yamanaka, MD, ...

Just as the human body relies on organs such as the heart or liver for essential functions, cells depend on their own tiny ...

Cells manage a wide range of functions in their tiny package — growing, moving, housekeeping, and so on — and most of those functions require energy. But how do cells get this energy in the first ...

T cells are crucial components of our immune system, serving as critical protectors against infection and disease. But there ...

During infection or cancer, cytotoxic T lymphocytes attach to their target and establish an exchange zone known as the immune ...

Research reveals why Alzheimer’s brain damage doesn’t always lead to dementia, highlighting the role of protective brain ...

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information keep living systems organized and therefore alive ...