Skin, our largest organ, acts as a protective barrier against pathogens that try to invade our bodies while constantly ...

Huntington's disease is a devastating brain disorder that slowly robs people of movement, memory, and personality. It is ...

Scientists at the University of Science and Technology of China have identified a signaling chain that starts with gut ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unknown pathway that allows toxic proteins linked to Huntington’s disease to spread ...

In some mammals, the timing of the normally continuous embryonic development can be altered to improve the chances of survival for both the embryo and the mother. This mechanism to temporarily slow ...

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, often debilitating autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system (CNS).

Dendritic cells (DCs) are among the first immune sentinels to detect viruses, bacteria, or other challenges. These specialized messengers alert T cells while orchestrating either a measured calm or a ...

The vitamin B2 (riboflavin) must be absorbed through diet: it can be found in dairy products, eggs, meat, and green vegetables. The body’s metabolism converts vitamin B2 into molecules that protect ...

Photoreceptors are specialized cells in the eye that convert light energy into neural signals. Several diseases that cause irreversible vision loss, including age-related macular degeneration, ...