A Stanford-led study probes why a very small number of people develop heart inflammation shortly after mRNA COVID-19 ...

Embryos and the uterus exchange molecular signals within the first hour, shaping whether implantation succeeds or fails.

Replacing a missing brain lipid may calm overactive blood vessels and restore healthy blood flow—opening a new path toward treating dementia.

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

Discover how axolotls and flatworms coordinate regeneration through body-wide signals, revealing a complex healing process.

Jagged-2, a signaling protein, may be a potential therapeutic target for slowing or halting the progression of PAH, according ...

Plants form a critical model for understanding regulated cell death (RCD) as part of their sophisticated immune responses. In the ongoing evolutionary arms ...

Atomic defects in nanodiamonds enable both precise heating of lysosomes inside macrophages and nanoscale temperature ...

Agriculture, from the outset, has been made possible by humans tweaking the genes of plants to make them grow faster, produce ...

Scientists have discovered that T cell receptors activate through a hidden spring-like motion that had never been seen before ...

Researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have discovered that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, uses a sophisticated tactic to evade the human body's defense ...

A new study shows that the embryo and the uterine lining conduct an active "conversation" from the very earliest stages of ...