Synaptic plasticity — the brain's ability to modify the connections between neurons to support learning — is one of the neural functions profoundly altered in Huntington's disease, with a direct ...

Researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a surprising new function for immune ...

Scientists were amazed to discover a 507-year-old clam that was already 100 in Shakespeare’s day, but why did it live so long ...

When it comes to brain function, neurons get a lot of the glory. But healthy brains depend on the cooperation of many kinds ...

Plant-based foods deliver vitamin A through carotenoids, especially beta-carotene. Orange-hued produce such as carrots, ...

EDGE FGT: Cell type-specific tools for the study of gene function in spongesScott Nichols, College of Natural Sciences and ...

Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling ...

The mosquito might seem harmless, yet it ranks among the most dangerous creatures on Earth. The species Aedes aegypti is especially notorious, transmitting diseases such as dengue, Zika, chikungunya, ...

The immune cell repertoire is composed of many different cell types that are orchestrated in response to infection and other pathogens that enter the body. As a result, the body can defend itself ...

Background: Dendritic cells (DCs) are versatile professional antigen-presenting cells and play an instrumental role in the generation of antigen-specific T-cell responses. Modulation of DC function ...

This study presents important findings on the role of CXXC-finger protein 1 in regulatory T cell gene regulation and function. The evidence supporting the authors' claims is convincing, with mostly ...

More than a billion years ago a hungry cell devoured a tiny blue-green alga. But instead of the former simply digesting the latter, the duo struck a remarkable evolutionary deal. Now scientists are ...