Biologist Charles Darwin began crafting his theory of evolution on a trip to the Galapagos Islands, where he discovered animals had developed unique traits that varied from island to island. Nearly ...

Scientists at the University of Sydney have uncovered a malfunctioning version of the SOD1 protein that clumps inside brain cells and fuels Parkinson’s disease. In mouse models, restoring the ...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic, incurable disorder, so treatment focuses on managing the disease and controlling its progression. Although current treatments help control RA symptoms in most ...

Huntington’s disease has long defied attempts to rescue suffering neurons. A new study in Cell Reports shows that transplanting healthy human glial progenitor cells into the brains of adult animal ...

Fat—adipose tissue—is more complicated than might be thought. Once considered just a bag of calories, scientists now know that fat doesn’t just squirrel away energy, it also sends and receives ...

Data from a new mouse model support the long-standing hypothesis that celiac disease begins within the gut wall, as transglutaminase 2 (TG2)-specific B cells in Peyer’s patches sample perfused ...