New research shows how a cellular nanomachine controls protein delivery, helping explain how small failures disrupt ...

In recent years, scientists have begun to reveal the myriad ways that gut microbes can impact our health; they had identified ...

Bacteria in the human gut can directly deliver proteins into human cells, actively shaping immune responses. A consortium led ...

A new way of analysing fossils has revealed more about animals and environments of ancient times, when humans were evolving.

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Cancer and Alzheimer's disease are two of the most feared diagnoses in medicine, but they rarely strike the same person. For years, epidemiologists have noticed that people with cancer seem less ...

As we age, the immune system gradually declines in function, leaving the body more vulnerable to disease. Scientists have ...

PFAS (forever chemicals) are associated with higher odds of gestational diabetes and increased markers of insulin resistance and secretion.

Cancer immunotherapy has transformed modern oncology by harnessing body's own immune system to combat malignant disease.

A conceptual illustration showing how ubiquitin-like 3 (UBL3) modification acts as a molecular “tag” that directs selected ...