Researchers find that reducing mitochondrial protein production in some animals can increase lifespan by activating a protective stress response.
Researchers find that reducing mitochondrial protein production in some animals can increase lifespan by activating a protective stress response.
The essential nutrient can kill drug-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis by producing oxidative radicals that damage DNA.
Viruses that attack bacteria may be an important component of our gut microbiota.
As telomeres shorten with age, genes as far as 1,000 kilobases away could be affected, including one responsible for an inherited muscle disease.
Researchers use a protein-lipid complex found in human breast milk to increase the activity of otherwise-ineffective antibiotics against drug-resistant pathogens.
Hybrid viruses derived from an H5N1 bird flu strain can infect guinea pigs through the air.
Rodents and fruit flies appear to be able to sense nutrients even when they can’t taste the food they’re eating. Now, researchers are trying to figure out how.
Just the flavor of beer is enough to boost dopamine in brain areas related to reward—especially in men with alcoholic relatives.
Researchers develop two small molecules that slow the growth of human cancer cells.
Normal proteins with regions resembling disease-causing prions are responsible for an inherited disorder that affects the brain, muscle, and bone.