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Stuart Orkin, the Harvard Medical School David G. Nathan Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics at Dana-Farber Cancer ...

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Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have revealed the detailed workings of a cell membrane protein that has essential roles ...

Scientists have discovered that a protein linked to cell death is secretly driving the aging of blood stem cells in a ...

How SARS-CoV-2 impacts astrocyte function in neurocovid-19 and what this means for brain health, neurological symptoms, and ...

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Researchers studying how this interface protects the aging brain find a counterintuitive role for hyaluronidase ...

As we age, stem cells responsible for maintaining our blood and immune systems gradually lose their resilience, but why this happens has remained unclear. A novel study from Japan and the US turns the ...

If scientists could shrink themselves to microscopic size and take a journey through the human body—like the submarine crew ...