Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School have uncovered how exercise helps aging muscles regain their ability to repair ...

“This publication validates our belief that precision medicine should be measured, not marketed,” said Katy Whalen, ...

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A giant functional atlas of immune cells in a Chinese cohort reveals crucial differences with European and Japanese data sets ...

For the first time, scientists have answered a longstanding question in cell biology about a partnership of proteins called ...

Cells do more than carry out chemical reactions. New theoretical work suggests they may also generate usable electrical ...

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Microbes often display cooperative behavior in which individual cells put in work and sacrifice resources to collectively ...

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New scientific methods could one day render animal studies—the standard in research laboratories for more than 100 ...