Scientists in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School and MIT have created a new family of tools that, for the ...

1. As environments become more complex and interconnected, modularity becomes essential. Living systems reduce risk by compartmentalizing—organs, tissues, and cells can fail without killing the ...

Researchers at Mount Sinai have identified a cellular mechanism that links influenza A virus infection to heart damage and increased cardiovascular risk, while also demonstrating a novel modified ...

Colorectal cancer has long baffled scientists because, unlike most tumors, patients often do better when their cancers are ...

Heart failure is a serious and long-lasting condition that affects millions of people around the world. It often begins after the heart muscle is damaged, most commonly by a heart attack. When this ...

While the fabled fountain of youth may not actually exist, a new type of therapy now does.

When food is scarce, stress hormones direct the immune system to operate in "low power" mode to preserve immune function ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led by researchers at Helmholtz Munich, with participation from Ludwig ...

It tends to be around this time of year, when the temperature dips and we realise we’re rapidly approaching cold and flu season, that we collectively get curious about the condition of our immune ...