A new study reveals the biological secret to the Zika virus's infectious success: Zika uses host cells' own "self-care" system…
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Senescent skin cells, often referred to as zombie cells because they have outlived their usefulness without ever quite dying, have…
Fifty years since its discovery, scientists have finally worked out how a molecular machine found in mitochondria, the 'powerhouses' of…
Ever wondered what happens to your body when you take those trendy ice baths? Scientists at the University of Ottawa…
Researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center have solved a cellular mystery that may lead to better therapies for…
During infections, the immune system needs to distinguish foreign antigens that are expressed by invading bacteria and viruses from self-antigens…
Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments…
Mount Sinai researchers have developed a method to uncover the hidden immune cells that harbor the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV),…
Two heads are better than one, as the saying goes, and sometimes two instruments, ingeniously recombined, can accomplish feats that…