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Regulatory T cells in muscles surge after exercise, quelling inflammation, protecting mitochondria, and enhancing performance.

New sequencing technologies unmask a mutation that sheds new light on ataxia.

In a mouse model of Down syndrome, three copies of a gene encoding a kinase contributed to congenital heart defects.

A research team showed that, contrary to current models, one early embryonic cell dominates lineages that will become the fetus.

Herpetology meets hepatology as scientists develop new tools for exploring how turtles survive freezing, oxygen-poor environments.

A neural pathway driving panic-like behaviors in mice points to new therapeutic targets.

Gut viruses influence behavioral responses in mice and may be important players in the gut-brain axis.

A gene mutation causes porous gut and retinal barriers, allowing bacteria to travel from one to the other, triggering retinal degeneration in mice.

Biochemist Sharon Stack hopes to advance the field of ovarian cancer by exploring the tumor and host-related factors that influence its metastatic process. 

An immune-inhibiting protein that regulates autophagy halts breast cancers from venturing across tissue borders.

Scientists devised a synthetic protein-based motor fueled by biological reactions to cut through a peptide lawn.

Staphylococcus aureus vaccine efficacy depends on the immune imprints from past exposures to the microbe.