We have yet to find the cure for cancer, but there are ways to treat the disease and mitigate your risk of dying from it - ...

Cigarette smoking is widespread and deadly, yet our understanding of how cigarette smoke actually causes serious respiratory ...

Multiple chemicals in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes alter the function of a key type of lung immune cell. Cigarette ...

Megakaryocytes (MKs), known for their role in platelet production, have emerged as critical players in immune responses, ...

Scientists at Caltech and Princeton University have discovered that bacterial cells growing in a solution of polymers, such ...

If everything that occurs at the microscopic, molecular level in plants and animals and other life forms occurs as a result ...

Researchers have discovered that bacteria can sense threats in advance through a general danger signal. Bacteria detect when nearby cells are dying and proactively form a protective biofilm.

Consider your hands. They are essentially identical in every respect bar one: They are mirror images of each other. Many of ...

Researchers have described how the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus genetically adapts to humans, including mutations that allow some strains to evade the immune system and become resistant to ...

Experiments and modeling reveal the unexpected structure that can be seen in bacteria grown in mucus samples and biofilms.

Understanding bacterial growth mechanisms can potentially help uncover novel drug targets that are crucial for maintaining cellular viability, particularly for bacterial pathogens. In this important ...

A University of Massachusetts Amherst-Ernest Pharmaceuticals team of scientists has made "exciting," patient-friendly ...