Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species—including plants, fungi, and even humans—are genes that are passed from generation to generation with no clear benefit to the organism. Called "selfish ...

Sleep disturbances may accelerate neurodegeneration, but whether they cause or result from disease remains unclear. Improving ...

Researchers at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have found a new “energy switch” in immune cells in the brain, ...

Researchers have revealed for the first time how a key protein linked to Parkinson's mutates, leads to cell death in the ...

A new approach to Alzheimer's disease treatment could be on the horizon, inspired by a compound found in common herbs.

Ricin is used as a biological weapon, and the Encyclopedia Britannica calls it "one of the most toxic substances known." ...

The discovery sheds light on how certain bacteria -- including strains that cause food poisoning and anthrax -- form spores for survival.

Lurking within the genomes of nearly all species—including plants, fungi, and even humans—are genes that are passed from ...

The most extreme class, called killer meiotic drivers, create toxic proteins that destroy reproductive cells—except for those that inherit the gene that are saved by also making a protein ...

The most extreme class, called killer meiotic drivers, create toxic proteins that destroy reproductive cells—except for those that inherit the gene that are saved by also making a protein "antidote." ...