BACKGROUND: Peripheral artery disease (PAD) and its severe form, chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), significantly impair blood flow to the lower extremities, affecting millions of adults ...

A new study shows that ultramarathons damage and replenish red blood cells in ways that could help treat cancer patients.

Cancers emerge from many different paths. One path begins early, in embryonic development, when a protein complex called PRC2 ...

Stress hormone cortisol may disrupt grid cells in the brain, impairing spatial navigation and affecting the neural system ...

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's grid cells, blurring the internal GPS system and impairing navigation.

The stress hormone cortisol disrupts the brain's navigational system. It impairs the function of the grid cells that play a ...

More than 200 metabolic enzymes, many of which are normally tasked with producing energy in the mitochondria, are also found sitting directly on top of human DNA, according to a study published in ...

Amydis has received $2.5 million to continue mapping toxic deposits of TDP-43 in retinal tissue and develop an eye test for ALS.

A protein long studied for its role in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal dementia now appears to serve a ...

Researchers discovered that a small region of the PRC2 protein complex acts as a functional switch controlling gene silencing. Removing this domain stopped cancer cell growth, highlighting a potential ...

Dental pulp injury caused by trauma or deep caries often leads to inflammation, tissue necrosis, and eventual loss of tooth vitality. In severe cases, bacterial invasion and sustained immune responses ...

Researchers at UAB have identified an immune pathway that might help explain why some women develop a serious pregnancy complication.