A study in Nature reveals how gut cells sense microbial flagellin and signal the brain to stop eating—introducing a sixth ...

A new type of drug, known as an anti-necrotic, could be the first drug ever approved to treat aging itself. The drug, which ...

Researchers from Japan and France have successfully reconstituted the development of mouse egg cells, known as oocytes, from ...

In diabetes, much attention goes to sugar control, insulin levels, and the threat of nerve damage. But a new study reveals ...

Inside each cell of the human body are proteins that control which genes are expressed at the right place and time. However, ...

Viewed this way, “Mind-Body medicine” is the tail wagging the dog, to put it mildly.

Researchers from ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and the University of Delaware have ...

The human body undergoes a daily replacement of billions of cells, but the tissues remain flawlessly organized. How can that be?

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly simple “tissue code”: five rules that choreograph when, where, and how cells divide, ...

Every day, your body replaces billions of cells—and yet, your tissues stay perfectly organized. How is that possible?

One reason the team turned to mathematical models, rather than traditional biology experiments, is that it’s extremely ...

Scientists at ChristianaCare’s Helen F. Graham Cancer Center & Research Institute and the University of Delaware have discovered a surprisingly simple explanation for how our bodies stay so ...