Why You Laugh When It’s Not Even Funny
Research shows laughter may be more of a social tool than a sign of enjoyment in conversations with strangers.
Only A Mother's Immunity
Scientists are making discoveries that give hope to global improvements in healthy pregnancies. The immune system is naturally primed to...
Fighting the Common Cold in Space
For years we have known that spaceflight causes immune dysfunction, weakening the human body’s ability to fight off even the...
App-Controlled Designer Cells Treat Diabetes
Electronic monitoring and storing of health data is all of the rage right now. Many of us track the number...
TZAPping Telomeres Shorter
Our DNA fits into our cells by tightly coiling into structures called chromosomes. During cell division, the machinery that is...
Using the Body to Fight Cancer
In the fight against cancer, harnessing the natural defense mechanisms within the human body is gaining promise. Termed cancer immunotherapy...
Diet Against Disease
“Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are,” Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1826.What you consume not...
Increasing Brain Tumor Survival
Nearly 73,000 adults will be diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2016, and for more than one third, their tumor...
Solving the Mystery of Genomic 'Dark Matter'
In human cells, three billion base pairs arrange themselves into sequences of As, Ts, Gs, and Cs to form genes...
End of Zika in Sight?
With the successful creation of DNA vaccines that elicited immune protection from Zika infection, hope is on the rise in...