For a person to acquire immunity to a disease, T cells must develop into memory cells after contact with the
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How does the immune system develop in the first days of life?
Within the womb, a human fetus benefits from the protection of the placenta, limiting their contact with pathogens. However, once
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How fear encourages physical distancing during pandemic
Welcome to shopping during the coronavirus pandemic: customers clad in masks, slathered with sanitizer and surrounded by signage urging them
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How statins 'can help women survive cancer'
Statins could give women better chance of beating cancer by halting growth of tumours, study suggests Statins lower cholesterol levels
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How do pandemics end? History suggests diseases fade but are almost never truly gone
When will the pandemic end? All these months in, with over 37 million COVID-19 cases and more than 1 million
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A 54-Year-Old Man Died From Eating Too Much Black Licorice—Here's How That's Possible
A 54-year-old man in Massachusetts suffered cardiac arrest after consuming too much black licorice, a new case report from the New
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Twinkling, star-shaped brain cells may hold the key to why, how we sleep
A new study published today in the journal Current Biology suggests that star-shaped brain cells known as astrocytes could be
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How the modern world was shaped by epidemics 500 years ago
The coronavirus pandemic has been compared with many previous contagions, including the great plague and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic.
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Neuroscientists demonstrate how to improve communication between different regions of the brain
Selective communication among brain regions is crucial for brain function. But the weak and sparse connectivity of the brain is
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Study raises alarms about how vaccine information is shared on social media
As the world waits for a COVID-19 vaccine, health officials worry that social media continues to be awash in misleading
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