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The opportunistic pathogen Klebsiella aerogenes degrades estradiol and induces depressive-like behavior in mice, a study finds.

A study deepens the scientific understanding of how androgens influence breast tissue, which may offer clues to treating breast cancer. 

Regulatory T cells in the colon travel to muscles to promote wound healing in mice, raising questions about how antibiotics may impact injury recovery.

Contact inhibition of locomotion by adhesion receptors prevents cancer cells from eating each other. 

The winding trail of environmental microplastics is leading researchers to the human digestive ecosystem.

The findings could help researchers understand why some individuals are more vulnerable to deadly Chagas disease.

A wiring map diagrams more than half a million neuronal connections in the first complete connectome of Drosophila and holds clues about which brain architectures best support learning.

A hormone naturally induced by alcohol consumption accelerates the recovery of mice after binge drinking by activating neurons involved in arousal and alertness.

By combining two innovative approaches, researchers can now sequence the full spectrum of mutational differences between individual cells’ genomes.

Researchers find that bacteria stimulate a headache-causing pain pathway to suppress the immune system and infect the brain. 

Cohesin mutations cause dysregulations in alternative splicing, contributing to tumor initiation and progression, a study finds. 

Machine learning can be harnessed to synthesize artificial light-bearing enzymes that actually work in cells.