From extending lifespan to bolstering the immune system, the drug’s effects are only just beginning to be understood.

Relive the Lasker Award speech from University of Basel biologist Michael Hall.

Mutations in a cancer gene could account for some cases of disfiguring blood vessel abnormalities, scientists show.

Mice engineered to have just one copy of the gene Myc live longer, healthier lives than wild-type animals.

Fixing impaired pruning and autophagy signaling in neurons eases the symptoms of autism in a mouse model of the disorder.

PubMed launches Commons; measuring HIV’s latent reservoir; immune-related pathway variation in genome, microbiome; rapamycin and flu vaccines; grasshopper mice resistant to pain

Reducing the levels of mTOR in rodents extends their lifespan by about 20 percent, though not without consequences.

Targeting a molecular pathway involved with learning and memory helps rats with a taste for booze wean themselves off of the sauce.