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A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and ...

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Explore the potential of gene therapy as a groundbreaking approach to curing diseases, beyond traditional pharmacological ...

As the body grows, the immune system starts losing its strength. Inside the weakening immune system, the populations of ...

Although it also performs some functions in men, estrogen, the main female sex hormone, is involved in a myriad of processes, ...

Eating the fermented food kimchi daily for 12 weeks may also help improve the immune system, in addition to its gut health ...

Creatine plays a vital role in the body's energy system, but it also points to effects beyond "energy" that help brain and ...

Unlike our organs, cell organelles such as mitochondria are not fixed in place, but when, where, how, and why organelles move ...

Stanford scientists have uncovered how mRNA COVID-19 vaccines can very rarely trigger heart inflammation in young men — and ...

Researchers discovered that a long-misunderstood protein plays a key role in helping chromosomes latch onto the right “tracks” during cell division. Instead of acting like a motor, it works more like ...