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A new brain network responsible for complex movements may upend what we know about neural maps in primary motor areas

The mutation prevents certain amino acids from entering neurons, causing the cells to die early in development.

Susan Thomas discusses how her team engineered a microfluidic device to screen for T cells with improved homing capability to tumor cells. 

Engineering of a novel device to treat T1D, featuring local immunosuppression and a vascularized cell reservoir to prolong islet cell survival.

Colonizing tumors with engineered bacteria may allow researchers to target sites currently inaccessible to radionuclide therapy.

The changes may help explain the link between maternal infection and autism, though more research is needed.

Low levels of the clotting factor HSP47 protect the sleeping giants from blood clots, and the same may be possible for humans and other mammals.

Urinary tract infections leave permanent epigenetic marks in the mouse bladder epithelium, reprogramming its response to subsequent infections, a study finds.

Immune cells and pain neurons form complex partnerships to protect our bodies from pathogens, new research reveals.

The intimate link between hair follicles and wound healing is more than skin deep.

Aging cells with weakened gene regulation spuriously transcribe RNAs, but their impact on health and longevity still needs to be examined.

A battery that charges itself in salty fluids starves tumors of oxygen, helping improve some drugs treat cancer, a study finds.