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Type 1 diabetes: A new starting point to delay autoimmune response

Regulatory T cells (Tregs) prevent excessive immune reactions in healthy people. In the development of autoimmune type 1 diabetes, this

Glutamine could help people with obesity reduce inflammation of fat tissue and reduce fat mass, according to a new study

Optogenetics, a tool for controlling neurons with light, has given neuroscientists the ability to flip brain cells on and off

Office workers who spend long hours on the job are more likely to have high blood pressure, including a type

To the medical community’s surprise, several studies from the US, Canada, and Europe suggest a promising downward trend in the

Researchers at Children’s Medical Center Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) have uncovered why certain melanoma cells are more likely

The time of the year you are born may be linked to your risk of dying from heart disease in

In the wake of recent disappointments over clinical trials targeting amyloid plaque build-up in Alzheimer’s disease, researchers are focusing more

An experimental vaccine against the Zika virus reduced the amount of virus in pregnant rhesus macaques and improved fetal outcomes.

As an embryo develops, its cells must learn what to do with the thousands of genes they’ve been equipped with.