Accounting for human immune diversity increases clinical relevance of fundamental immunological research; predicts susceptibility to inflammatory disease and cancer survival

Noninvasive magnetic resonance imaging of lung fibrogenesis with an amino acid targeted probe

Bugs develop a taste for each other when plants taste bad

Now that researchers have an effective method for decoding the ants' odorant receptors, the biologists can now begin deciphering the chemical codes that the insects use to communicate

A study reveals how computer-based modeling can help researchers predict the optimal outcome to save natural habitats from invasive plants

Whitehead Institute researchers have deciphered how one aspect—control of the all-important translation of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) into proteins—switches as the egg becomes an embryo

A research team set out to explore for the first time whether the protein machinery known as ESCRT-III undergoes dynamic remodeling

Finding points to the inventive ways animals balance genetic material

Work has important implications for understanding how crops and weeds grow

The fundamental scientific discovery could potentially reduce mercury toxicity levels and support health and risk assessments

Device reads brain signals, converts them into motion

Variations of anti-tumor agents prove effective in the lab against even drug-resistant cancers