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Years before people develop rheumatoid arthritis, their blood teems with activated immune cells that could serve as biomarkers for early diagnosis.

For the first time, scientists sequenced Robertsonian chromosomes, which can cause Down syndrome and cancer.

Purkinje cells, the neurons of the cerebellum, appear to die in an organized pattern, overturning previous beliefs that neurodegeneration occurs homogenously.

Researchers developed a new AI tool for the preliminary identification of questionable journals that exploit the open-access system.

From CASP to the Virtual Cell Challenge, researchers are leveraging science competitions and high-risk, high-reward grants to drive their fields forward.

A student-led experiment compares bacterial protein synthesis on Earth and in the ISS under microgravity conditions.

Working unconventional hours disrupts the body’s internal clock, which in turn affects the immune system and increases people’s susceptibility to disease.

Will this year’s Nobel Prizes go to GLP-1 research, optogenetics, or something else? Researchers picked their favorites to win the prize.

Smells and tastes can trigger vivid emotional memories from decades past. Scientists are digging into the neurological mechanisms behind the anecdotes.

Engineering multimodal nanoparticles that unite imaging and therapy, this postdoc is driven by a passion for translating physics into medicine.

Doctors have long puzzled over why smoking eases ulcerative colitis but worsens Crohn’s disease. Oral bacteria migrating to the gut may explain this enigma.

Evidence from autopsies and surgical patients suggested that oral bacteria can infiltrate hardened arteries and trigger immune responses tied to heart attacks.