Human expansion in the Amazon increases contact between cities and forests, raising the risk that diseases like yellow fever ...

Human activity continues to expand ever further into wild areas, throwing ecology out of balance. But what begins as an ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

The new molecules selectively reduced inflammatory signaling in human immune cells without affecting other immune pathways. Treatment with the molecules also reduced inflammation in mice with the ...

Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan today announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind initiative combining frontier artificial intelligence and frontier biology to dramatically accelerate scientific ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Greg Licholai writes and teaches about innovation in healthcare. The latest breakthrough in Nature demonstrates something ...

Neurodegenerative diseases (NDDs) represent a profound challenge to global health, characterized by progressive neuronal dysfunction and loss, leading to ...

DNA repair is essential for the maintenance of genomic stability and its failure can lead to human disease. Various DNA repair systems exist, such as base excision repair, nucleotide excision repair, ...

New research led by Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) warns that hybrid forms of the parasites that cause ...