An engineered protein turns off the kind of immune cells most likely to damage tissue as part of type-1 diabetes, hepatitis, ...

The delicate balance between cell death and regeneration is crucial for human health and longevity. Most mechanisms involved ...

An international team led by EPFL has discovered a powerful anti-aging pathway in roundworms, revealing how boosting the cell ...

Stanford researchers discovered that dialing down an overactive enzyme, LRRK2, can regrow lost cellular “antennae” in key ...

The results of experiments in mice models were "astounding," said biochemist Suzanne Pfeffer of Stanford University.

Each time a cell divides, a small section of each chromosome's protective cap—the telomere—is worn away. Most cells use an ...

A new study from UCLA Health has uncovered how inflammation in brain blood vessels exacerbates damage in vascular dementia and demonstrated that targeting this process with a repurposed drug can ...

For the first time, scientists have systematically studied the genetic effects of chemotherapy on healthy tissues.

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Mitochondria are essential for generating energy that fuels cells and helps them function. Mitochondrial defects, however, ...

Researchers have identified ways in which chemotherapy can damage healthy cells and found that some drugs can add decades of ...