Scientists say your daily habits might be aging your cells faster than smoking—from that innocent phone scroll before bed to ...

Cancer patients often lose excessive amounts of weight. This affects up to 80% of patients and is mainly due to a decrease in ...

The process of aging is associated with a decline in immune functions and persistent low-level inflammation. Now, researchers ...

What keeps our cells the right size? Scientists have long puzzled over this fundamental question, since cells that are too ...

Your morning cup of coffee might be doing more than just waking you up. Scientists have discovered that this popular beverage ...

A newly revealed molecular tug-of-war may have implications for better understanding how a multitude of diseases and ...

Nerve fibers in the brain and spinal cord are wrapped in an insulating sheath known as myelin. For a long time, this barrier, ...

Cells may generate their own electrical signals through microscopic membrane motions. Researchers show that active molecular ...

Parkinson's disease (PD) is an age-related, progressive, neurodegenerative condition, caused by loss of dopamine-producing neurons.

At present, around 59 million adults worldwide have diabetes, about 64 million are diagnosed with heart failure, and ...

A new genetic mapping strategy reveals how entire networks of genes work together to cause disease, filling in the missing ...