By their nature, cancer cells have different nutritional needs than healthy cells. "Cancer cells have a distinct metabolism," said Gary Patti, the Michael and Tana Powell Professor of Chemistry at ...

The human brain contains roughly 86 billion neurons, and for decades scientists have assumed that these cells are the primary ...

Every person walking around right now is running a construction project of staggering scale. Roughly 330 billion cells die ...

A small fish that lives fast and dies young has given biologists a rare look at one of evolution’s oldest bargains. In the ...

In the coming weeks, the Human Genome and Stem Cell Research Center (HUG-CELL) will begin recruiting participants for the ...

A new study suggests that subtle changes in the brain’s immune cells could help explain why some people remain mentally sharp despite Alzheimer’s pathology.

A consistent biological barrier that stops the immune system from making the antibodies most needed to protect the nose and ...

Emerging gene editing platforms are revolutionizing precision medicine, enabling safe and effective genetic modifications for ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was reported in collaboration with the Global Health Reporting Center with support from the ...

Dubbed “the next frontier of cancer prevention and care,” the microbiome appears to be especially critical when it comes to ...

The initiative, supported by FAPESP, aims to map genes associated with rare hereditary diseases to create “risk calculators” based on the diversity of the Brazilian population.

They offer a private healthcare model centered on prevention and health optimization to extend each client's healthspan, or ...