Human bodies are usually described as chemical engines, powered by glucose and oxygen. Yet a wave of new research suggests ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

Cells experience many different types of stress, such as starvation or stress caused by too much salt or too high a temperature. Insulin signals respond to such stress signals by sending the protein ...

Immune cells called B cells make antibodies that fight off invading bacteria, viruses and other foreign substances. During ...

A new study from researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center finds that, in healthy women, some breast cells that otherwise appear normal may contain chromosome abnormalities ...

Electrically stimulating key cells in the immune system could "reprogram" them to reduce inflammation and encourage faster and more effective healing in the body. This is the discovery of scientists ...