Day: August 7, 2024

Melanin protects the skin — the body’s largest organ and a vital component of the immune system — from the

In a first-of-its-kind study, a cohort of researchers, led by the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, evaluated the effects

Cell therapies could help in the treatment of hereditary diseases, myocardial infarction and hundreds of other diseases. For many blood

Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease caused by the loss of neurons that produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter involved in motor

Ten years of work, and a little help from the green mamba snake, has resulted in a promising new drug

People who are lonely are more apt to have bad dreams, according to a collaboration that included an Oregon State

Everyone gets sleepy at work from time to time, especially after a big lunch. But for people whose jobs involve

By recruiting the immune system to combat tumor cells, immunotherapy has improved survival rates, offering hope to millions of cancer

A protein called Meteorin-like (METRNL) in the tumor microenvironment saps energy from T cells, thereby severely limiting their ability to

A paper out today in Nature Communications reports the discovery of extremely rare early human fossils from the Indonesian island