What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...

Predictive indicators for whether a baby will be vulnerable to certain diseases after birth, as well as their future height ...

HHMI Investigator Nicole King and Postdoctoral Researcher Jacob Steenwyk used large datasets and a combination of analyses to understand which organism roots the animal tree of life: the simple sponge ...

Lupus has been linked to the Epstein-Barr virus – which causes glandular fever, or mono – before, but we now have evidence of ...

When you hear someone joking about "man flu," there's actually more truth to this phenomenon than you might expect. The idea ...

Chromosome compartment analysis of a cancer cell line cohort reveals different subsets of compartment changes where some track epithelial to mesenchymal transition while others reflect secondary ...

Researchers from Skoltech, the University of Potsdam, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have discovered a ...

This monumental scientific achievement occurred within a context of intense international collaboration, rapid technical ...

Most species on Earth exist as two biological sexes, and the exchange of genes between males and females is vital for their ...

Dr. James Watson was 97 years old. Watson, according to The New York Times, was “one of the most important scientists of the ...

James Watson -- the Nobel laureate co-credited with the discovery of DNA's double-helix structure, but whose reputation was ...