Fibroblasts, cells that repair heart damage, might cause a cycle of stiffening and scarring in certain heart conditions.

Hair loss is a common phenomenon, but in most cases it is not fate. Prolonged stress, lack of sleep and nutritional deficiencies are major factors – and all can be treated.

Phones with thinner designs are enjoying a moment. But while thin phones usually suffer poor battery life, batteries with ...

An estimated 14 million kids don't get any vaccines. They face serious threats from measles, diarrhea, pneumonia and more.

New research from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute shows that a new class of drug results in cell death in cancers, such as small cell lung cancer, with a disabled quality control cell cycle checkpoint ...

Lucy Shapiro received this year’s Lasker Special Achievement Award for her discovery of how bacteria use genetic circuits to ...

Himax Technologies offers stable financials and shareholder returns, but faces limited upside due to cyclical markets and ...

We don't know the number of asymptomatic cases.” First discovered in 1955, the virus is transmitted from person to person by a small insect called the biting midge ( Culicoides paraensis), which ...

The maternal–fetal interface is the meeting point for maternal and fetal cells during pregnancy. It's long been understood as ...

Overactivation may be the hidden driver of Parkinson’s. Researchers showed that when dopamine neurons work overtime, they burn out, break down, and die — echoing the same pattern seen in patients.