How the brain forms The human brain can process a picture in just 13 milliseconds. The cellular functions underlying this incredible processing speed involve...
Understanding Immune Tolerance The immune system surveys the body by sampling proteins, called antigens, from both the human host and any invaders. So...
Hacking Cells to Prevent Obesity Your fat is alive. Your fat is alive and it is talking. It is listening. It is reading its DNA...
When the Immune System Attacks While our immune system functions to protect us from such things as invading microbes, these same defenses can also erroneously...
A Messenger of Pain This past weekend I sliced my finger while attempting to slice a carrot. The Wusthof cut through the nail on...
Dying to Make Life As you read these words, hold out your hand. Notice the space between your fingers, the fragments of MacBook you...