What are called autoimmune diseases can affect just about every part of the body — and tens of millions of people. While most ...

Scientists are trying a revolutionary new approach to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, lupus and other ...

A Government Accountability Office report published Wednesday did not find that the Defense Department’s reprogramming of funds for service members’ wages and benefits hurt those programs. However the ...

To understand how our habits influence our genes —and more specifically, how what we eat activates genes that promote cell ...

Researchers at UC San Diego have found that a weeklong meditation and healing retreat can produce measurable changes in brain ...

How is it possible to build new forms of life, like bacteria that glow in the dark or yeast that smells like bananas? In this ...

For the first time, researchers have shown that they can deliver those same reprogramming genes using RNA, the genetic material that normally ferries instructions from DNA to the cell's protein-making ...

Our autopilot system is system of beliefs and behaviors that is created one of two ways. In some cases, there is a sudden emotional impact that anchors a certain way of thinking. A good example is the ...

Plant biologists report that drought tolerance in plants can be improved by engineering them to activate water-conserving processes in response to an agrochemical already in use -- an approach that ...