The diversity of microbes in the great outdoors may protect against inflammatory disorders.
The diversity of microbes in the great outdoors may protect against inflammatory disorders.
Human-specific duplications of a gene involved in brain development may have contributed to our species’ unique intelligence.
Masters of the Planet, Learning from the Octopus, Darwin’s Devices, and Psychology’s Ghosts
Techniques for simpler, cheaper, and better antibody purification
A cytokine involved in suppressing the immune system may actually activate it to kill cancer cells.
Research on an 18th and 19th century Finnish population suggests that agriculture and monogamy may not have stopped human evolution.
A combination of antibiotics and the body’s own defensive metabolites clears bacterial infections faster than antibiotics alone.
In rhesus macaques, an individual's drop in the social hierarchy leads to overactive immune genes and, possibly, poor health.
A new study shows that grooming by ants promotes colony-wide resistance to fungal infections by transferring small amounts of pathogen to nestmates.
Vaccination via tiny microneedles elicits a powerful immune response in the skin.