A variety of studies are showing that rough-and-tumble play is important for animals and kids alike.

A Cedars-Sinai study has identified a previously unknown role for astrocyte cells in how the brain responds to damage and disease. Cedars-Sinai researchers have identified a biological repair process ...

Researchers at MIT have unveiled a way to temporarily reboot aging immune systems, using a targeted mRNA therapy that turns ...

The popular nursery rhyme This Little Piggy is an early childhood memory for many of us. It’s a poem that involves five little piggies, each corresponding to one of our fingers or toes. Kids love it, ...

As the Arctic warms and sea ice disappears, polar bears are being pushed into conditions they have never faced before. Their ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) is the body’s most vital line of defense and, at the same time, is also one of modern ...

Through a recent notice, the Undergraduate Medical Education Board (UGMEB) of the National Medical Commission (NMC) has ...

Every cell depends on proteins to function and stay healthy. These proteins are made inside the cell from amino acids but ...

What makes someone a "morning lark" or a "night owl?" Why does jet lag hit us so hard, and why do some people struggle each ...

Research into how a father’s choices — such as diet, exercise, stress, nicotine use — may transfer traits to his children has ...

One of the biggest quests in biology is understanding how every cell in an animal's body carries an identical genome yet ...