The cells that line the inside of the gut may play a key role in triggering inflammation that drives MS, a study found.

Scientists at Cincinnati Children's have identified how certain immune cells are molecularly programmed to respond faster ...

When a virus enters the lungs, the immune system has to react fast. The lung maintains its own community of immune cells ...

Tooth root development relies on precise coordination of cellular signals, yet the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Researchers have uncovered how two proteins, Gli2 and Gli3, work together to ...

A rare group of neurons can reconnect broken spinal circuits and trigger leg muscle activity after spinal cord injury—a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Respiratory viruses, such as the flu and COVID-19, may be able to “wake up” dormant cancer cells in patients who have a history of ...

Losing weight can be a lot of work, which makes it all the more frustrating when, little by little, the weight creeps back. Now, a study suggests that fat cells retain a memory or past obesity, which ...

Cancer is one of the most feared diseases in the world, and one of the biggest reasons is its ability to spread. When cancer spreads from one part of the body to another, this process is called ...

Being overweight or obese has long been linked to a greater risk of developing or dying from breast cancer. New research suggests a reason: Certain breast cancer tumors may feed on neighboring fat ...

BOULDER, Colo. — That zero-calorie sweetener making your morning coffee taste just right might be quietly interfering with the tiny blood vessels in your brain — at least in a petri dish. A new ...

Scientists from the Scripps Research Institute are reporting that it would take just a single mutation in the version of bird flu that has swept through US cattle herds to produce a virus adept at ...