For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon ...

Trump Administration introduced what it says is an “exciting treatment” for autism: leucovorin, a decades-old medicine that ...

A form of vitamin B9, also known as folate, leucovorin has been prescribed to protect healthy cells from the toxic side ...

After nine months in the womb, humans enter a world filled with texture and shape. We must then quickly learn to recognize ...

The mechanism of skeletal muscle contraction is a process that relies on calcium signaling. However, the physiological role ...

Acetaminophen works via the brain’s endocannabinoid system to both reduce pain and induce changes that are beneficial for ...

President Donald Trump’s comments about autism this week sparked widespread concern and criticism from many in the community.

Maybe aging isn’t the slow, solitary process we imagine, but a collective breakdown—our cells dragging each other toward ...

At a lab in the heart of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, scientists are breeding corals to be more resilient to rising ...

Salk neuroscientists discover brain area called gracile nucleus is central to the development of mechanical allodynia, a chronic pain condition that affects 7 to 10 percent of the global population.

Making blood in the lab can be hard because scientists don’t know what triggers a key final step in red blood cell maturation ...

I had heard that dogs could smell cancer so I said to my husband, 'Brian, should I go and get this checked out?’ My dog ...