For decades, differences in pain between men and women have often been attributed to psychological, emotional or social ...

In the weeks after an accident or surgery, recovery does not look the same for everyone. Many studies have found that women, ...

Why can the human immune system often remember a vaccination for a whole lifetime? Researchers at ...

Cells were long believed to safeguard nuclear contents, releasing them only during cell death. Extracellular DNA was thought ...

A study reveals how two proteins cooperate in a key early step of antiviral detection, as reported by researchers at Science ...

It's widely known that breastfeeding impacts the health of both mother and child, but the underlying biology that leads to ...

When the immune system overreacts and starts attacking the body, the only option may be to shut the entire system down and risk developing infections or cancer. Immune cells that are designed to ...

A new study identifies an extreme but effective way that brain immune cells can prevent the parasite Toxoplasma gondii from spreading: they kill themselves to eliminate the dangerous microbes they ...

A single genetic “switch” may be the secret to how the body’s cleanup crew grows up and keeps our organs running smoothly.

A monoclonal antibody created by the Nanobiotechnology for Diagnostics group (Nb4D) at the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of ...

Our bodies are home to millions of fungi that, for the most part, are completely harmless. However, they can sometimes change ...