A campaigner whose friend died with sickle cell disease wants to raise awareness of the condition for those with black ...

Imagine being able to flip a light switch to control disease pathways inside a living cell. A team of visionary researchers ...

Cells in our body are programmed to die after a certain period of time—a natural process known as apoptosis. This process is ...

Influenza (flu) can be fatal, but just how it causes severe damage to the lungs has been a mystery—until now. New research ...

Researchers at the University of Bath have discovered how DNA damage caused by a faulty DNA protection and repair system can ...

This type of cancer is known as one of the most aggressive and deadliest forms of cancer. Small-cell lung cancer begins in the breathing tubes and grows quickly, creating tumors and spreading in the ...

While early diagnosis and treatment of sickle cell disease are standard in the United States, many children in Ghana are not ...

Researchers have uncovered a surprising role for electricity in keeping our body’s protective cell layers healthy.

Overactivation of dopamine neurons may directly drive their death, explaining why movement-controlling brain cells degenerate in Parkinson’s. Mice with chronically stimulated neurons showed the same ...

Overactivation may be the hidden driver of Parkinson’s. Researchers showed that when dopamine neurons work overtime, they burn out, break down, and die — echoing the same pattern seen in patients.

Medical oncologist Shailender Bhatia, MD, the inaugural holder of the Lyn and Daniel Lerner Endowed Chair in Merkel Cell ...