A new breakthrough study led by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities could explain why patients with the ...

Scientists at The University of Manchester have identified the method by which cells control the recycling of molecules, a process that is essential for them to move. The discovery provides ...

A normal process called cell competition, in which healthy tissues eliminate unhealthy cells, could be responsible for cancer relapses in patients months or years after they were declared cancer-free, ...

Up to 20% of hormone receptor-positive breast cancers don't respond to antiestrogen therapies. A study led by researchers at ...

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 ...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is the most common hereditary disease of the nervous system. Overall, it is a rare condition that affects about one in 3,000 people in the United States and worldwide.

In people with chronic heart failure, the heart doesn't pump blood as effectively as it should. This leaves the patient weak, tired, and short of breath. The disease is life-threatening, and around ...

Previous work has laid the foundation by establishing a role for the microbiome in cancer patients’ responses to some immunotherapy treatments. Part of this was the understanding that some bacteria ...

Imagine you’re about to go on a cross-country trip, stopping at spots along the way to admire local attractions. You’d probably want to have a road atlas handy, containing maps at different scales, ...