Tumor cells rapidly divide by usurping a metabolic trick from normal cell development.
Tumor cells rapidly divide by usurping a metabolic trick from normal cell development.
Researchers and biotech companies are bringing a universal flu vaccine closer to reality.
Fat cells behave differently in obese individuals, causing inflammation and insulin resitance.
The healing powers of maggots may lie in their secreted proteins, which restrain the human immune response.
Adipose tissue plays an immune role in individuals of normal wieght.
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Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.
Can emulating our early human ancestors make us healthier?
A protein called Coco rouses dormant breast cancer cells in the lung.
Researchers are getting closer to detecting abnormal tumor DNA circulating in the bloodstream.