Largest cellular study of gut tissue unveils the genes and pathways driving inflammatory bowel disease, suggesting new therapeutic targets.

People communicate with each other, sometimes face to face, sometimes with a text message or phone call. Cells also ...

The Vatican’s “Synod Study Group 9” has gone out with a whimper — and an embarrassing one at that. Originally tasked with applying synodality’s emphasis on “listening” to “controversial doctrinal, ...

Organs often have fluid-filled spaces called lumens, which are crucial for organ function and serve as transport and delivery networks. Lumens in the pancreas form a complex ductal system, and its ...

Most pockets in the human leukocyte antigen–group DR (HLA-DR) groove are shaped by clusters of polymorphic residues and, thus, have distinct chemical and size characteristics in different HLA-DR ...

Red Wing, Minnesota — The U.S. spends hundreds of billions every year teaching children how to read, write and calculate. But what about kindness? Why isn't that a subject in school? Well, in some ...

Vancouver city council unanimously backed a proposal to make the first three levels of swimming lessons free for residents. Mayor Ken Sim's motion directs city staff to work with the Vancouver Park ...

Lupus is a chronic (long-term) disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of your body. It’s an autoimmune disease, which means that your immune system — the body system that usually ...

Regenerative medicine is the branch of medicine that develops methods to regrow, repair or replace damaged or diseased cells, organs or tissues. Regenerative medicine includes the generation and use ...

A little more than a year ago, on a trip to Nairobi, Kenya, some colleagues and I met a 12-year-old Masai boy named Richard Turere, who told us a fascinating story. His family raises livestock on the ...

Essential amino acids are organic compounds your body can’t produce on its own. The nine essential amino acids—histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, ...