POLG-related diseases disrupt the function of the mitochondria, or "powerhouses" of the cell — starving them of energy.

Breathing polluted air, whether from city smog or wildfire smoke, is known to harm the lungs and heart. Now, new research ...

Normally, the cells of the immune system attack only foreign material and invading organisms. But in GBS, the immune system starts to destroy the myelin sheath that surrounds the axons of many nerve ...

According to multiple research sites, mice are valuable tools for studying diseases in a laboratory setting. Here is what ...

Scientists have pinpointed and described unusual subtypes of fat cells that may help scientists explain why gut fat is linked ...

Each year, according to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), millions of people in the U.S. are affected by spinal cord ...

This important study offers a molecular characterization of neurons and glia in the adult nervous system of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. The study focuses on the progeny of a specific set of ...

It's made up of a complicated network of cells and organs. It protects the body from infection, cancer, and other conditions. Lymph nodes are part of the immune system. They send out lymphocytes.

Pancreatic cancer reprograms nearby nerve cells to boost its growth and suppress the immune system, while also influencing other tumor-supporting cells. In mouse models, cutting nerve connections not ...

which is then integrated into the nucleus of the host cell to "hijack" its genetic machinery. By doing so, HIV can begin to churn out multiple copies of itself. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase ...

It feels like the Splinter Cell remake has been on its way for a while now, which isn't helped by the fact it's been over three years since we heard anything official about the game. From what we ...

A patient has been in remission from neuroblastoma, a type of nerve cell cancer, for 18 years following treatment with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy without requiring any additional ...