NEW ORLEANS, March 18, 2024 – During cold and flu season, excess mucus is a common, unpleasant symptom of illness, but the slippery substance is essential to human health. To better understand its ...

Researchers at Kumamoto University have uncovered a previously unknown molecular mechanism by which human T-cell leukemia ...

A group of scientists at VCU Massey Comprehensive Cancer Center has revealed a new genetic code that acts like a cancer ringleader, recruiting and deploying a gang of tumor cells to incite a ...

During cold and flu season, excess mucus is a common, unpleasant symptom of illness, but the slippery substance is essential to human health. To better understand its many roles, researchers ...

Forbes detailed how eighth grader Anushka Sable tested her hypothesis about the impact of microplastics on the human body. Sable thought that plastic particles in human white blood cells would alter ...

Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers and the second leading cause of cancer-related death in men worldwide. However, the mechanisms controlling the early stages of prostate cancer ...

When a maize plant is attacked by the fungus Ustilago maydis, tumor-like tissue growths occur at the site of infection. How the pathogen causes this response in its host has long been unknown. But a ...

Overuse of smartphones can have a variety of side effects — but is brain cancer one of them? "Cell phones are ubiquitous, and concern about the radiation they emit can cause fear of brain tumor ...

In the last two centuries, complete treatments for many diseases, mostly infectious illnesses, have been discovered. The therapeutic targets for these diseases were clear and distinct from body cells.