Chemists have long been fascinated and frustrated by saxitoxin: a molecule that causes temporary paralysis by blocking the ...

From small ions to large molecules, cellular gates control what can pass in and out of cells. But how one such gate, called ...

Dark chocolate contains theobromine, a compound that links to slower cell aging. People with higher levels showed younger ...

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that ...

Researchers discovered that a tiny structural feature of the enzyme GPX4 helps keep neurons safe. A rare mutation removes ...

STEM-engineered CAR T cells performed as well as or better against cancer cells than did FDA-approved CAR T cells and kept their cancer-fighting abilities for longer.

Tiny structures inside your cells keep your body alive by turning food into fuel. These structures, called mitochondria, ...

Scientists have identified new anti-aging compounds produced by a little-studied blood bacterium. These indole metabolites ...

USC researchers have developed a new type of chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell that elicits a more controlled immune response to cancer in mice—effectively killing cancer cells, including those ...

By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

Metastasis occurs when cancer cells break away from the original tumor and travel through the bloodstream to form new tumors in other parts of the body. It is the leading cause of cancer-related death ...