A new study led by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has identified a way to reshape the gut microbiome that can enhance the delivery of certain chemotherapies to tumors ...

The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted some severe consequences of unchecked respiratory disease, including cytokine storm.

As parasites become increasingly resistant to existing drugs, researchers at the University of California, Riverside are working to develop a new generation of treatments for two serious infectious ...

The amino acid arginine helps to keep the human body humming, most notably by synthesizing proteins that carry out a range of cellular processes. It's produced by our bodies and found in common ...

Doctors use ketamine on patients as general anesthesia before surgery. They also prescribe it in low doses for pain ...

"This completely changes how we think about TRF2's role in these cells," said Mourkioti "The loss of identity has severe implications for whether recovery from injury is even possible." Identifying ...

During ketamine anesthesia, the brain's nerve cells fall silent-as consciousness returns, they begin to reconnect. For the first time, researchers at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria ...

How does the brain make sense of what we see, hear, and feel—and transform these separate signals into a coherent perception of the world?

Xenophagocytosis is a natural immune process that limits interspecies organ generation by eliminating living donor cells, ...

Protein-fortified foods are popping up everywhere, from cereal and coffee to even protein water. But a new review covering ...

Exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke during the first days of life can cause changes in tooth enamel mineralization without causing visible changes to the teeth. This was demonstrated in an animal ...

Fertilization is often imagined as a frantic race, with millions of sperm competing for a single prize. But new research by a ...