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Stress -- in the form of traumatic events, job strain, everyday stressors and discrimination -- accelerates aging of the immune system, potentially increasing a person's risk of cancer,…

Acute stress may impair the body’s ability to fight off infections, especially COVID-19, and increase the chance of dying, according to a study conducted in mice. The research, published…

In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Missouri, Georgia Tech and Harvard University has demonstrated the successful use of a novel Type 1 diabetes treatment in a large…

Silicon chip with 30 individual glucose micro fuel cells, seen as small silver squares inside each gray rectangle.…

A single hormone appears to coordinate the lifespan extension produced by a low-protein diet. A new study from Pennington Biomedical Research Center, published in the journal Nature…

More than 1.7 billion people -- or a quarter of the world's population -- are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the bacterial strain that causes tuberculosis (TB). For years,…

Cancer researchers at the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine say they have successfully suppressed the growth of some solid tumors in research models by manipulating immune…

Two strains of the bacterium causing tuberculosis have only minor genetic differences but attack the lungs in completely different fashion, according to Rutgers researchers. The findings,…

Implantable bioelectronics are now often key in assisting or monitoring the heart, brain, and other vital organs, but they often lack a safe, reliable way of transmitting their data to…

Not everyone is born with a strong immune system, but the body has its own way of letting you know how capable you are of handling viral diseases and other conditions. It gives warnings when…