Researchers discovered a possible way cancer cells hide from the immune system: they build a thick, sugar-rich coating around them...

A study of people over 90 found that dementia risk remains strongly shaped by sex, race and genetics, with women and black partici...

Scientists have created an injectable gel that can remain inside arthritic joints for weeks, slowly releasing medication while als...

Alcohol-related liver disease may trap damaged liver cells in a regenerative limbo, preventing the organ from rebuilding itself ev...

Adults aged 40 and older performed about 12% faster on a test of executive function after using a HEPA air purifier at home for on...

Omega-3 and low-dose aspirin matched the effectiveness of antibiotics in a year-long study of patients with severe gum disease, wi...

CAR T-cell therapy dramatically reduced disease activity in six people with severe rheumatoid arthritis that had resisted other tr...

Dogs and humans may have more in common when it comes to aging than scientists realized. Researchers with the Dog Aging Project fo...

Scientists have identified a protein that acts like a brake on the nervous system’s ability to repair damaged connections. Blockin...

Frequent micro-awakenings during sleep were linked to higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s in healthy middle-aged adults who had no...

A popular vanilla flavoring in e-cigarettes may interfere with some of the earliest steps of human development. In lab experiments...

Scientists have created light-activated drugs that helped blind mice perceive light again and restored visually guided behavior wi...

Researchers discovered a brain-based “brake” that can shut down chronic nerve pain in mice by calming an overactive pain circuit....

Scientists created smart nanoparticles that can both illuminate hidden glioblastoma cells during surgery and destroy microscopic c...

A wavelength of light largely missing from indoor LEDs may play an important role in protecting developing eyes from nearsightedne...

Early-life stress may physically alter how DNA is packaged in the brain, leaving stress-related genes primed to activate more easi...

A compound found in turmeric may help protect blood vessels from some of the damage caused by Type 1 diabetes. In rats, curcumin r...

People who reach 110 and beyond appear to have unusually large numbers of rare immune cells capable of killing abnormal cells. The...

Older adults who received the Shingrix shingles vaccine were 24% less likely to be diagnosed with dementia over four years in a st...

Researchers have found a way to supercharge natural killer cells, powerful immune cells that can attack cancer, so they can penetr...

A major study found that adults with depression show disrupted production of new neurons in the hippocampus, potentially weakening...

Common medications may reshape the gut microbiome long after the last dose is taken. In a study of more than 2,500 people, researc...

Both too little and too much sleep may be linked to faster aging throughout the body. Researchers analyzing 23 biological aging cl...

Researchers have used AI to uncover the DNA signature of a key genetic “switch” involved in turning genes on. After analyzing abou...