Researchers have investigated the role of a certain enzyme in regulating energy in muscle and exercise performance for ...

Cornell researchers have uncovered a built-in molecular "gate" that controls the production of the molecule nitric oxide, a crucial signaling molecule throughout biology that in humans helps regulate ...

Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem ...

A wave of recent neuroscience research has identified specific molecular and cellular mechanisms through which alcohol disrupts signaling between brain cells, offering a sharper picture of how ...

Cancer tumors hijack the vagus nerve to communicate with the brain, triggering a hormonal response that suppresses the immune system.

Scientists in Brazil are refining the design of CAR-engineered immune cells to make them more precise and powerful against cancer.

Researchers have identified a biological mechanism that helps explain why some lung and ovarian cancers become resistant to ...

Proteins long known to be essential for hearing have been hiding a talent: they also act as gatekeepers that shuffle fatty molecules across cell membranes. When this newly discovered function goes ...

A new study maps millions of cells across organs and shows how aging changes the body in coordinated and surprising ways.