physiology

Mice live longer, healthier lives thanks to a gene from their glabrous subterranean cousins.

After a long soak in the tub, fingers emerge looking like raisins. The real reason for this curious phenomenon lies under the skin.

Diet-derived molecules spur a biological mechanism in the lung barriers of mice that prevents viral lung injury.

In the developing zebrafish, a noisy and asynchronous activity jumpstarts the heart’s journey to coordinated beating.

Hair-coloring stem cells must swing back and forth between their maturity states to give hair its color.

How will a new version of epigenetic clocks aimed at validating the age of people older than 100 years of age balance accuracy and anonymity?

The transcriptional profiles in the brains of prairie voles changed after a long breakup, revealing a molecular shift that might help them cope with the loss of a partner.

We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.

A newly discovered way to induce scarless healing in mice depends on a highly conserved signaling pathway that is also present in humans.

Evidence of malaria parasites aligning with their human hosts may pave the way for new antimalarial agents.

In mice, chronically high levels of stress hormones worsen bowel inflammation.

Scientists used a vibrating capsule to assess people’s gut sensitivities and understand how the brain interprets these signals.  

Steven Barker is on a forty-seven-year-long journey to understand the mind-blowing science of psychedelics.

Upregulation of a specific microRNA in the brain lessened anxiety and reduced the expression of stress-related genes in mice.