Your skin is in a constant state of reinvention. Every month, your body sheds and regenerates its entire outer layer—a ...

Tiny immune cells called microglia protect the central nervous system (CNS) in a multitude of ways: They provide innate ...

Zachary Wright, DVM, DACVIM (Oncology), highlights the unique clinical presentations of mast cell disease in cats compared ...

Currently, animal-borne viral diseases seriously threaten the development of the world's breeding industry, especially in ...

Mitochondria can lose power like batteries, but they can potentially be regenerated—a promising development than can be used in future treatments.

A new book looks at the health links between animals and humans. June 12, 2012— -- intro: Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz is a sort of modern day Dr. Dolittle. For the past six years, the UCLA ...

High levels of calcium are toxic to cells and contribute to loss of neurons in Alzheimer's disease. A new study published in ...

For years, researchers have watched the tiny power plants inside brain cells falter in Parkinson’s disease and wondered what ...

Lurking throughout your body, from your liver to your brain, are zombie-like entities known as senescent cells. They no longer divide or function as they once did, yet they resist death and spew out a ...

Alzheimer’s disease steals memory, independence and, too often, life itself. Drugs can ease symptoms, but none halt the march ...