A Franco-British team of scientists has explored two human proteins recently identified as immune enzymes. Structural studies ...

Biomedical researchers at Texas A&M University may have discovered a way to stop or even reverse the decline of cellular energy production—a finding that could have revolutionary effects across ...

A comprehensive encyclopedia of the known functions of all protein-coding human genes has just been completed and released. Researchers used large-scale evolutionary modeling to integrate data on ...

Hormones coordinate different body functions by carrying messages through the bloodstream to target cells and tissues. Hormonal imbalances occur through inadequate or excess hormone synthesis, which ...

Scientists have developed a new class of microscopic antibody fragments capable of functioning inside human cells, overcoming a long-standing limitation in biomedical science.

Mount Sinai researchers have published the first organ-wide human skin spatial atlas from across the body. It provides an ...

How much of our genome really matters? Some argue that because most of our DNA is active, it must be doing something important. Others say even random DNA would be highly active. This has now been put ...

Scientists reveal a hidden second layer of human DNA, showing how genome folding controls genes and influences disease development.

Researchers have identified a crucial ion channel, TMEM175, that acts like an overflow valve in the cell’s recycling system.