On Thursday, Feb. 19, Ali May, an assistant professor at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai presented her research ...

Deep in the folds of the intestine, in microscopic pockets called crypts, a quiet surveillance system is always at work. Stem cells lining the gut wall are not just rebuilding tissue—they are ...

A new study found that nasal cells act as a first line of defense against the common cold, working together to block rhinovirus soon after infection. A fast antiviral response can stop the virus ...

Cancer begins when mutations in specific genes override the body’s built-in controls on cell division, allowing rogue cells ...

Reproductive immunology in livestock is increasingly shaped by the recognition that fertility depends on a finely tuned balance between immune defense and ...

The move might at first sound like little more than a reduced hassle—and maybe reckless, since there was good evidence in ...

Avoid unnecessary tests and antibiotics by applying evidence-based, cost-conscious infectious-disease decision-making, with ...

It's widely known that breastfeeding impacts the health of both mother and child, but the underlying biology that leads to ...

As India is rolling out HPV vaccine for adolescent girls for free, experts believe it could be a gamechanger in cervical cancer cases in the country ...

Cleaning blood from a violent crime scene can complicate crime scene investigations, particularly when accurate evidence is required for a conviction in court. A new study led by Flinders University, ...

Growing tissues can crack, break, and dissociate to form structures that can later withstand immense forces.