Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, marked by the uncontrolled growth of abnormal cells. What makes it ...

More than half of all deaths in the world today are attributed to diseases driven by chronic inflammation, from cancer to stroke to heart disease to diabetes. Northwestern Engineering's Shana Kelley ...

Nobody wants to be average. But for a long time, scientists have found it convenient to think of bacterial cells as just that: "average." Researchers have traditionally relied on population-level ...

Human biology is the study of all aspects of the human organism including evolution, genetics, ecology, anatomy and physiology, development, anthropology, and nutrition, among others. A deep ...

Looking at life at the atomic scale offers a more comprehensive understanding of the macroscopic world. theasis/E+ via Getty Images Imagine using your cellphone to control the activity of your own ...

Pharmacogenomic (PGx) testing is a growing area of personalized medicine with demonstrated clinical utility in improving patient outcomes in oncology. PGx testing of pharmacogenes affecting drug ...

A collection of over forty new studies about the Human Cell Atlas (HCA) has now been published in Nature. This work encompasses the efforts of more than 3,600 HCA members from over one hundred ...

Imagine using your cell phone to control the activity of your own cells to treat injuries and disease. It sounds like something from the imagination of an overly optimistic science fiction writer. But ...

The beautiful, fascinating and often perplexing world around us grows from intricate and convoluted interactions of millions of pieces. As scientists, we work to understand and describe the parts and ...

Gene-Function Analysis Use on Rise as a Result of Increased Knowledge There are now more than 500 known human miRNAs, with ongoing discovery directed toward an estimated 10,000. More than 50% of human ...

Certain diets are linked to better health outcomes, such as the Mediterranean diet, which is rich in healthy fats that are found in foods like nuts and olive oil. People who eat a Mediterranean diet ...