Folic acid, also known as vitamin B9, is an important B-vitamin with many vital functions in the human body. It was discovered in the early 1930s when an English scientist isolated a compound from ...

Strong leg muscles do not just keep you upright and mobile. They actively protect your brain, sharpen your thinking, and may ...

Scientists mapping the human body at the cellular level keep running into the same surprise: beneath the apparent chaos of ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and ...

The mystery of early embryonic communication is starting to be unraveled thanks to a new stem cell-based model.

Scientists have found that antibodies stop UTI-causing E. coli by jamming or mimicking cell receptors, preventing bacterial ...

The pelvis is often called the keystone of upright movement. It helps explain how human ancestors left life on all fours ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Certain antibodies employ unusual tactics to keep germs from attaching to cells in our bodies. Their defensive strategies ...

Rhabdomyolysis is a condition in which muscle damage—often caused by drug intake—can lead to impaired kidney function and acute kidney failure. However, there have been limitations in directly ...

Pathogens can create sticky situations. When microbes invade the body to cause an infection, often one of their first lines of attack is to cling ...

Researchers at the Babraham Institute have ‘listened in’ to the communication between the embryo and the womb lining at the ...