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In high pressure situations, you need your brain to moderate your level of arousal so that you do your best. A new study by neuroscientists at MIT’s Picower Institute for Learning and Memory might help to explain how the brain strikes that balance.

Gut microbes from healthy human infant donors transplanted into mice protected animals exposed to milk from experiencing allergic reactions.

A new molecular approach has been identified which helps prevent rejection of transplanted organs, while simultaneously maintaining the ability to fight against infections.

In rat models, the novel scaffolding mimicked natural anatomy and boosted stem cell-based treatment; the approach is scalable to humans and advances effort toward clinical trials

A clinical trial has begun examining whether fecal microbiota transplantation by enema is safe and can prevent recurrent Clostridium difficile-associated disease, a potentially life-threatening diarrheal illness.

A method for fooling breast cancer cells into fat cells has been discovered by researchers from the University of Basel.

An assessment of data from babies born from pregnant women with and without 2009 H1N1 influenza infection during pregnancy has revealed fresh insights on the impact on the newborn.

Researchers have created a tool allowing them to more accurately identify ancient Eurasian populations, which can be used to test an individual’s similarity to ancient people who once roamed the earth.

Researchers have found a new role for a protein discovered in the lab for preventing the growth and spread of breast cancer.

Researchers have found a novel, previously unreported pathogenic entity that is a fundamental link between chronic inflammation and tissue destruction in the lungs of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.