In utero exposure to two liquid ingredients in e-cigarettes—minus the nicotine that drives addiction—can alter skull shape ...

A group of researchers in Japan says an experiment using mice has confirmed that a certain strain of gut bacteria improves ...

Watching others eat tasty foods may lead to overeating, even in the absence of hunger, according to a new mouse study being ...

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this ...

The authors proposed two hypotheses: first, that methamphetamine induces neuroinflammation, and second, that it alters neuronal stem cell differentiation. These are valuable hypotheses, and the ...

Scientists have gene-hacked mice to produce their own Ozempic-like drugs, paving a path for humans to do so themselves one ...

Males imprint their DNA by adding methyl modifications to it in a way that alters the activity of genes in order to promote ...

A bacterially produced molecule circulates in the bloodstream and increases the risk of cardiovascular disease by hijacking ...

The brain is one of the body’s most energy-demanding organs, accounting for 2 percent of the body’s weight but consuming 20 percent of its total energy. To stay within budget, the brain must be highly ...

A groundbreaking study led by Prof. Bo Peng at Fudan University demonstrates that microglia replacement effectively halts the ...

After clinical death, some of your cells refuse to quit, or even attempt to reconfigure into strange, emergent forms.

Psilocybin, the psychoactive compound found in 'magic' mushrooms, may help delay aging by increasing the cellular lifespan of ...