In August 2023, this American child, whom we will call J., was doing well. He was playing sports and leading a normal life.

Microbiomes in older mice pumped out damaging metabolites that drove endothelial cell senescence, offering potential targets ...

A child with a rare genetic disease that affects mitochondria is the first person to receive a new experimental treatment for the potentially life-threatening condition.

The findings of two recent studies give hope that the disease could one day be reversed in humans—but experts warn that this ...

Experiments in mice show that some gut bacteria can absorb toxic PFAS chemicals, allowing animals to expel them through feces.

A new drug prevents weight gain and fatty liver by controlling magnesium in cells. It made mice stay slim despite lifelong ...

Psilocybin is an emerging frontier in mental health research, but it obviously holds some strong potential in the field of ...

In what experts are calling a “dream come true,” scientists used a recent biochemical discovery to help an 8-year-old boy ...

The value of a recent biochemical discovery can be seen in the case of an 8-year-old boy who was playing typical sports in ...

Would you get a one-time genetic modification such that you'd never have to take a GLP-1 drug for weight loss ever again?

Scientists at the Salk Institute have uncovered how a cluster of thalamic neurons links physical pain to emotional trauma, ...

A groundbreaking study led by Prof. Bo Peng at Fudan University demonstrates that microglia replacement effectively halts the ...