Genetic influences on complex traits change over the lifespan. Schoeler et al. show that cross-sectional and longitudinal studies can give different estimates of how genetic effects change with age, ...

A PLOS Biology Perspective argues that immune and vascular cells, especially microglia, must be core components of neural ...

People with endometriosis often report struggling for years to have their agonizing pelvic pain, severe period cramps and ...

Experts from the University of Nottingham have discovered how a common genetic mutation disrupts the positioning of a key protein during cell division, revealing a new mechanism behind acute myeloid ...

Cornell researchers have discovered a new way cells regulate how they respond to stress, identifying an interaction between two proteins that helps keep a critical cellular recycling system in balance ...

Findings from a new University of Cincinnati study have reshaped the fundamental understanding of how a certain cell organelle prepares its environment for cellular digestion. The study, led by UC's ...

When the liver is injured - for example, due to bile accumulation - immune cells become activated. In mouse experiments, the Würzburg team observed that certain immune cells undergo functional changes ...

One of the most stubborn obstacles in treating acute myeloid leukaemia is not the leukaemia cell itself but the neighbourhood ...

Dropping AI Discovery Reveals Why Bacteria Resist Treatment”, “content”: “ For decades, our approach to fighting bacterial ...

Sickle cell trait is associated with distinct malaria parasite genotypes, potentially explaining reduced disease risk despite ...

USC-led research will combine high-dimensional flow cytometry with Nanovial-based Cell-Cell-seq to study how individual CAR T cells respond when they encounter their targetsLOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESS ...