Schizophrenia, a psychiatric disorder that affects how a person feels, thinks, and behaves, affects roughly 1% of the population (approximately 3.5 million people in the U.S.) and is a leading cause ...

Researchers from Karolinska Institutet have discovered how mammalian cells prevent the gradual buildup of harmful mutations ...

Membrane depolarization promotes extracellular signal-regulated kinase activation and cell proliferation via phosphatidylserine dynamics.

UCLA researchers found that the buildup of a key structural protein inside fruit flies’ neurons can drive aging – and that disrupting its structure may reverse aging.

The immune system faces a delicate balancing act: it must be aggressive enough to fight infections and cancer, yet restrained ...

The University of California San Diego has announced that Amir Zarrinpar, M.D., Ph.D., has been appointed as the inaugural ...

Cornell researchers have developed a powerful new biosensor that reveals, in unprecedented detail, how and where ...

New research led by plant biologists at UC Davis, published Nov. 10 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, reveals how plants control mutation rates in different stem cells to balance ...

Inspired after a childhood illness, OSU junior Riitvek Baddireddi is pursuing a career as a cancer researcher and cardiothoracic surgeon.

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has honored ideas that changed the way we live. From discoveries that made headlines to ...

Chromosome compartment analysis of a cancer cell line cohort reveals different subsets of compartment changes where some track epithelial to mesenchymal transition while others reflect secondary ...

Using genomics, evolutionary biologists test several hypotheses on the origin of viruses. New evidence suggests they may have ...