Zhao concluded that adolescent brains are not homogeneous. Rather, they are affected by factors like specific life events and ...

A gene variant identified in a family and studied in a fruit fly model may offer protection against a rare X-linked seizure ...

An NIH policy to reduce funding for indirect costs to 15 percent, although temporarily blocked nationwide, sparks widespread ...

To assess whether NK cells were involved in antitumor response generated by fasting, Delconte and her team depleted these ...

The body’s defense system against infection also fights tumors, generating tumor resident stem-like T cells and killer T cells that express inhibitory receptors such as PD-1. When PD-1 binds to PD-L1 ...

There are more than 100,000 chemicals in consumer products. For the vast majority, there is very little information about their toxicity. Traditionally, researchers will test chemicals of interest in ...

Researchers identified an enzyme that helps Plasmodium-infected red blood cells adhere to the placenta, providing molecular ...

On the day after Christmas, 1904, Walter Clement Noel staggered into Presbyterian Hospital in Chicago, suffering from respiratory distress. An intern, Ernest Irons, carried out routine tests on Noel’s ...

Laura is an assistant editor for The Scientist. She earned her PhD in biomedical sciences from Rush University by studying how circadian rhythms and alcohol affect the gut. View Full Profile. Learn ...

Scientists engineered T cells to protect instead of kill, potentially enabling targeted treatments for autoimmune disease and ...

Laura is an assistant editor for The Scientist. She earned her PhD in biomedical sciences from Rush University by studying how circadian rhythms and alcohol affect the gut.

Scientists have engineered swine that pollute less, fend off disease, and produce more meat, but you won’t find them outside experimental farms . . . yet. Kerry served as The Scientist’s news director ...