New research suggests previous assumptions about the pathogenesis of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) are inadequate.

Asbestos, a notorious carcinogen, was in widespread use throughout the 20th century – from building materials to brake pads ...

Immune cells are capable of detecting infections just like a sniffer dog, using special sensors known as Toll-like receptors, or TLRs for short. But what signals activate TLRs, and what is the ...

A research team behind a new study at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has made an important breakthrough in understanding ...

Asbestos, a notorious carcinogen , was in widespread use throughout the 20th century - from building materials to brake pads and even fake snow on ...

Once an asbestos fibre is in the lung mesothelium it can remain there for decades, where it will cause microscopic scratches.

Resembling a seahorse, as its name implies from the Greek words "hippos" (horse) and "kampus" (sea monster), the hippocampus ...

The Newcells aProximateTM near-physiological kidney transporter model provides cross-species comparison of drug handling.

In this study, our results uncover the function and mechanism of CHMP5 in the regulation of cell senescence and bone formation in osteogenic cells. Deletion of Chmp5 causes endolysosomal dysfunction ...

Prof. Leslie Leiserowitz first became intrigued by malaria when he was a young boy in South Africa. His father, who scouted ...

Researchers have elucidated the mechanism of the initial degradation phenomenon that triggers the performance drop of high-temperature solid oxide electrolysis cell systems, using advanced ...

Health officials say they have confirmed the first U.S. case of a new form of mpox that was first seen in eastern Congo.