In a new study, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have resolved a longstanding mystery by showing how ...

Ovarian cancer is one of the deadliest cancers affecting women. Around the world, thousands of women lose their lives to this ...

B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) occurs when abnormal B cells accumulate in the bone marrow and blood. This crowds out healthy blood cells and weakens the body’s ability to fight infections.

A clump of human brain cells can play the classic computer game Doom. While its performance is not up to par with humans, experts say it brings biological computers a step closer to useful real-world ...

In a new study published in Nature Communications titled, “The reference genome of the human diploid cell line RPE-1,” researchers from University of Rome La Sapienza have produced the first reference ...

Scientists have discovered a previously unrecognized way that human airways protect lungs from infection—through the action of cilia, tiny hair-like structures lining the respiratory tract. These ...

The intrinsic transmembrane protein known as sodium iodide symporter (NIS) facilitates the active transport of iodide across the basolateral membrane of thyroid follicular cells. Iodine is an ...