Category: Health

A Medical University of South Carolina team reports in Frontiers in Immunology that it has engineered a new type of genetically modified immune cell that

Wildfire smoke contains pollutants that are hazardous to health, including fine particles (PM2.5), which have been linked to increased mortality and morbidity. A new study

Seaweed is one of the few foods that can credibly claim to be good for both people and the planet. So why don’t westerners eat

The Covid inquiry will examine the impact of the pandemic on care services, starting on Monday.

Fifteen years ago, then-contributor Peter Lipson wrote a short post on this blog that I’ve reflected on many times since. Titled Your Disease, Your Fault

Relatives of care home residents tell the Covid inquiry they will never get over how their loved ones died.

Sugars known as glycans form dense envelopes around cells. But they’re often ignored in biological investigations because, unlike DNA, proteins and other cellular components, tools

Much the way the caps on the ends of a shoelace prevent it from fraying, telomeres – regions of repetitive DNA sequences and a protein

Cerebral palsy affects around one in 345 children in the U.S., and more than half of them experience a problem called dystonia – involuntary and

A new study has identified markers that may predict whether a chlamydia infection is likely to ascend into the uterus and endometrium.

Researchers have developed a high-speed 3D imaging microscope that can capture detailed cell dynamics of an entire small whole organism at once.

Scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, working in collaboration with a team from the University of Texas at El Paso, have

While smoking rates in the United States have substantially declined over the past six decades, smoking remains high among people with low incomes, leading to

Preventing and managing high blood pressure with healthy lifestyle behaviors, such as following a heart-healthy diet including reducing salt intake, staying physically active, maintaining a