Scientists have uncovered a new link between the immune system and the development of Parkinson's disease.Researchers at The ...

Two species of ancient human relatives crossed paths 1.5 million years ago. Fossilized footprints in Kenya captured the ...

A tiny, four-fingered "hand" folded from a single piece of DNA can pick up the virus that causes COVID-19 for highly sensitive rapid detection and can even block viral particles from entering cells to ...

It's a regular occurrence when taking our canine pals for drizzly walks and summer swims. But until recently, the biology ...

The Wistar Institute's Alessandro Gardini, Ph.D., and lab have shed new light on how certain biological processes determine ...

Mutations in a complex that helps proteins fold correctly are tied to developmental disorders that include seizures and intellectual disability, Stanford Medicine-led research has found.

Palmer is an associate professor at the University of Chicago whose work sits at the intersection of biology, physics, mathematics, and computer science. When pressed to define her research in a ...

Amino acids are essential for nearly every process in the human body. Often referred to as "the building blocks of life," ...

Thousands of insect species use vibrations to communicate. Now, in part because of the foundational research of a Midwestern ...

The significance of the human gut microbiome, a vast community of microbes in the gastrointestinal tract, has been known for ...

SINGAPORE – At 61, Professor Liu Jianjun is a leading human geneticist who has advanced the understanding of diseases ...