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Microbes left a signature where scientists least expected a clear pattern: inside the DNA data of tumours. The idea is s...

You can run until your legs refuse, but your blood might quit sooner. That blunt image comes from a new study that track...

Think of immune cells as athletes. Some are sprinters, others endurance runners. Natural killer (NK) cells belong to the...

Think the rise in short-sightedness is all about screens? The answer looks more subtle — and darker — than that.A team a...

Light touch. A brush of fabric. For millions living with neuropathic pain, those ordinary sensations can become electric...

Imagine a simple tone, played at 40 cycles per second, nudging sticky brain proteins to move where doctors can reach the...

Imagine two children in the same classroom. One has an autism diagnosis, the other ADHD. On paper they are different. In...

Imagine rewiring an immune system so it stops attacking the very cells the body needs to live. It sounds like science fi...

Swap one soda for another, and you might think you’ve made a smart choice. But a sweeping new study from Brazil raises a...

A subtle tremor. Fingers that feel stiff for days. Small balance slips that you shrug off. These are the kinds of mundan...

They call it the virus everyone carries. Nearly invisible. Often harmless. Yet Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) has quietly been...

Parkinson's disease might be whispering through our hair. A recent study from China suggests that a tiny snip could hold...

Not every neuron in an Alzheimer's brain surrenders. Some hold out. They survive the biochemical siege even as nearby ce...

Scientists are rethinking the point at which cancer begins to matter. Instead of reacting after symptoms force a diagnos...

Imagine a frontline soldier who, when captured, swallows a grenade rather than reveal the enemy's position. That is the ...

A team at the University at Buffalo has developed an inhalable nanoparticle-based therapy designed to deliver a key tube...

Intermittent fasting promised a simple truth: compress your eating window and the body will burn fat. It sounded neat. I...

A thin, flexible cap could change how we think about hair loss. Short, powerful idea. Scientists in South Korea have tun...

Tiny particles in the air may be doing more than making you cough. New epidemiological evidence suggests long-term expos...

You say it every winter: "I can feel it in my bones." It’s a colloquial complaint, a shared shiver, and — as it turns ou...