A Neandertal version of the growth hormone receptor is linked to slightly greater muscle mass, height and weight in adults.

Profiling over 86,000 nuclei from 16 human cell types, scientists mapped two forms of epigenetic regulation in single cells ...

U.K. and U.S. scientists have uncovered an important piece of the puzzle in the signaling pathway that causes damaging scar ...

Protein gives you energy thanks to amino acids. Learn why researchers want to reassess daily protein recommendations and what protein does in the body.

In mice, the treatment drew immune cells into the stroke cavity and helped organize them into a coordinated healing response.

Macrophages formed in the bone marrow can only assume the function of embryonal phagocytes, or "scavenger cells," to a certain degree according to a study by the University of Bonn and the Peter ...

A human kidney is built once, before birth, and the rules guiding its construction have been largely inferred from animal models. Researchers at Penn Medicine have now read those rules directly in ...

Spinal cord injuries affect an estimated 15 to 20 million people worldwide, often causing lasting impairments in movement, ...

How readily a cell divides and how well it survives are fundamental to life, shaping everything from organ size to the body's ability to withstand disease. That combination, known as cell fitness, isn ...

A growing body of evidence suggests that a rare epithelial cell type known as the tuft cell may play a far more significant role in cancer than previously recognized.

Keratin helps make that possible. It belongs to a family of proteins known as intermediate filaments, which form durable ...