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New research reveals that the earliest days of embryo development have a measurable impact on a person’s future health and aging.

The folding brain creates a stress landscape, causing axons – the long, slender projections of neurons that transmit electrical impulses – to grow differently in different areas of the brain.

Scientists have identified a key component to launching immune activity – and overactivity. The researchers identified a protein in cells that spurs the release of infection-fighting molecules.

A first-of-its-kind artificial intelligence-based neural network can rapidly analyze and interpret millions of cells from a patient sample, predicting molecular changes in the tissue.

A recent study has made significant progress in uncovering the microscopic mechanism behind heavy-ion cancer therapy.

Researchers at the University of Adelaide found that early embryo development affects telomere length, a key marker of aging and chronic disease risk. Maternal health at conception influences this process.

Insights into the fundamental process of how the heart is formed offer new hope for treating heart disease. The findings focus on long, thin, channels of membranes – called Tunneling Nanotube-Like Structures - that connect cells together.

Researchers find that tumor stem cells became less able to proliferate and invade tissues when gene editing blocked the production of the prion protein; the results suggest that the molecule could be a therapeutic target.

Researchers uncover new insights into the molecular mechanisms of ADAR1, a protein that regulates RNA-induced immune responses. Their findings could open new pathways for treating autoimmune diseases and enhancing cancer immunotherapy.

Researchers discovered that Zika virus constructs nanotubes to transport infection across the placental barrier undetected. The viral protein NS1 triggers this process, allowing Zika to spread while evading immune defenses.