disease & medicine

The protein expression data, which are freely available online, could help identify new drug targets for the disease.

The research is among the first to find the connection in humans.

Immune cells in the mouse gut help recognize damaging compounds and prompt intestinal stem cells to repair DNA.

Researchers find that it’s not just high-risk genes, but how children’s bodies respond to their own intestinal microbiota that relates to future diagnoses of type 1 diabetes.

Small RNA-containing particles in ginger root are found to promote the growth of beneficial bacteria and alleviate colitis in mouse guts.

Small microRNA-containing particles found in the plant can boost populations of healthy gut bacteria, and even improve colitis symptoms in mice.

Researchers develop an app that can estimate the biological age of a rodent from its mug shot—and could give a boost to the science of human aging in the process.

With genetic tweaks, researchers can coax corn and other cereals to take in more iron, but sometimes the plants rebel.

Authors of a small study say the two abilities likely evolved in tandem.

Most of the 34 patients are under 10 years old, and almost all have been confirmed as unvaccinated against the virus.

Now two years old, the Delaney twins were born joined at the head and were successfully separated in June 2017.

An enzyme of the bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis has been found in the brains of patients with the disorder, and causes neurodegeneration in mice.

Results from an observational study find that the introduction of a routine vaccine in Australia coincided with a fall in the incidence of the autoimmune condition.

Children were 38 percent less likely to show signs of Zika infection if they had previously had dengue.

A review finds that for several conditions, poop from certain healthy people is more likely to provide relief for recipients.

The observation could pave the way for a blood test to predict disease progression in people with a genetic predisposition to developing the neurodegenerative disorder.

The lab-made organoids are fully functional, the team reports, and could aid the study of vascular-related diseases such as diabetes.

A long-acting contraceptive patch with microscopic needles releases a drug slowly over time.

Immune checkpoint inhibitors are generally most effective against tumors with more genetic mutations, according to a new study, although the relationship isn’t true for all cancers.