A new Dartmouth study opens new avenues for understanding—and potentially manipulating—how cells decide to live or die.

The tiny pantheon known as the Asgard archaea bear traits that hint at how plants, animals and fungi emerged on Earth.

Microplastics could be fueling neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, with a new study highlighting ...

A new study reveals five mechanisms by which microplastics can trigger inflammation and cause damage in the brain.

All cells need to sense and respond to their environment, to know when to activate genes, build proteins, and carry out their ...

To better understand illnesses that originate in the body, including cancer as well as autoimmune and neurological disorders, ...

Researchers have found a small but powerful switch inside breast cancer cells that helps them survive stressful conditions.

Ribosomes, the protein factories of the cell, are essential for all living organisms. They bind to mRNA and move along the ...

Renowned molecular biologist Yunsun Nam, Ph.D., Professor in the Departments of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Doris and ...

People with anxiety disorders have an average of 8% lower levels of choline, a vital nutrient, than healthy participants.

A new treatment using genome-edited immune cells, developed by scientists at UCL (University College London) and Great Ormond ...

Midbrain neurons are susceptible to energy shortages as they age, which may explain their degeneration in Parkinson’s disease ...