Aging is associated with increased risk for nearly every lung disease, including acute conditions like pneumonia and chronic diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, idiopathic pulmonary ...

Researchers have discovered a new way to increase a key brain protein damaged in Rett syndrome, a rare genetic disorder that affects thousands of children worldwide. Early studies in mice and ...

(Yevgen Timashov/Getty Images) Health risks posed by synthetic chemicals in our environment could potentially linger in our ...

Analysing the births of a Utah family over seven generations has revealed that their disproportionate number of boys could be caused by a selfish Y chromosome ...

A doctor who had a genetic condition that prevents teeth from forming searched for the DNA mutation that had affected his family for over 150 years.

Your body is with you 24/7. But how often do you actually stop to think about what it’s doing? Probably not much, and ...

A new gene-targeting strategy that boosts a crucial brain protein could pave the way for the first effective treatment for ...

A team of researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital reports in Science Translational Medicine a potential new ...

The first seven cases of avian influenza were confirmed by preliminary testing at UC Davis and confirmatory testing by the ...

Our bodies perform many critical metabolic reactions, using a wide range of enzymes and other molecules. When there is a ...

A team of researchers at Texas Children’s Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) and Baylor College of Medicine report in Science Translational Medicine a potential new approach to treat Rett ...