New research published in Nature reveals that age-related changes in the gut promote the growth of pre-leukemic blood cells.

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that destroys the nerves necessary for movement. About 30,000 people in the ...

Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, ...

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A new study looking at deadly animal African trypanosomiasis has revealed how the parasite Trypanosoma congolense evades the ...

Columnist Mary Shaniqua offers examples of some symptoms of sickle cell that are lesser known than fatigue and a ...

A University of Osaka team said it has become the world's first to make elaborate miniature livers from human induced ...

Scientists discovered a gut enzyme that can convert A, B, and AB blood into universal Type O—revolutionizing transfusions and ...

Every organ in our body contains a small number of adult stem cells that are specific to its niche. These cells act like a ...

With Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing (NIPT), molecular genetics enables the correlation between changes in the structure and ...

Hemoglobin is an iron-rich protein found in the red blood cells. These are responsible for carrying oxygen throughout the body. Low levels of hemoglobin may be a sign of anemia. This occurs when a ...

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