Genetics/Genomics

Activating a protein causes blood stem cells to self-renew at least twelvefold in laboratory conditions, according to a new study by scientists from

A new study by researchers at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, have discovered why bellow fat surrounding organs increases as people age, a

Boosting the milk of premature babies with healthy bacteria may have helped half the number of serious gut problems and infections, according to new

Gut bacteria and its interactions with immune cells and metabolic organs, including fat tissue, play a key role in childhood obesity, according to a

A new tool created by researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School in

A mutant protein found in humans with colon cancer blocks a pathway that regulates proliferation and expansion of cells, increasing amounts of

Despite years of steady advice and guidance on healthy eating, a report card on the American diet shows adults are still consuming too many