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A study shows that the duration of the stimuli plays a big role in the connectivity of cells’ communication networks.

Scientists have found that acute exposure of the skin to thirdhand smoke elevates biomarkers associated with the initiation of skin diseases, such as contact dermatitis and psoriasis.

For the first time, researchers can now show how the dreaded poliovirus behaves when it takes over an infected cell and tricks the cell into producing new virus particles.

Research suggests that even short-term exposures to diacetyl can damage the lungs of mice when paired with a second insult, like the flu.

A new study provides the best evidence to date that scientists overall are most innovative and creative early in their careers.

Researchers have revealed that common liver diseases are not driven by inflammatory cell death as previously thought, resolving a long-standing controversy in gastroenterology and pointing to a new direction for treatment.

Blocking the action of calcium signals in immune cells suppresses the most common form of asthma, but without compromising the body’s defenses against flu viruses, a new study finds.

A new study has revealed that metabolism is more disturbed in patients with prediabetes and type 2 diabetes than previously thought.

Levels of key immune-signaling molecules in the vagina undergo clear and consistent fluctuations during the menstrual cycle, scientists report. The findings could help understand the immune systems' role in fertility and aid vaccine development.

Researchers from Hokkaido University and Toppan have developed a method to detect build-up of amyloid beta in the brain, a characteristic of Alzheimer's disease, from biomarkers in blood samples.