A new study led by researchers at UTHealth Houston investigated both gene expression and regulation at single cell levels to ...

To stay healthy, our cells rely on a self-cleaning mechanism that removes defective or unnecessary components. This process, ...

Scientists have identified a promising target for treatment of a devastating autoimmune disease affecting the brain.

Scientists have discovered a genetic process which could unlock new ways to treat a mysterious and deadly fungal infection which has shut down multiple hospital intensive care units. Candida auris is ...

Among the most famous demonstrations of genetic mutations driving infection outcome is severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID ...

Lewy body diseases -- Parkinson's disease and dementia with Lewy bodies -- should be defined as neuronal alpha-synuclein disease, not as clinical syndromes, a new position paper proposed. "Parkinson's ...

Medical sociology examines how social, cultural, political and economic factors shape health in ways that medicine alone ...

A doctor explains what really happens after you donate blood, tracing its journey from collection to transfusion. Learn how your donation is tested, processed, and distributed, and discover the ...

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Developing new drugs is not for the faint-hearted. “It’s a pretty perilous journey,” says Paul Nioi, vice-president of discovery and translational research at Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. “It’s expensive ...