Researchers developed a way to measure how fast a person is aging from a single brain scan.

A new method to engineer T cells within living organisms could make CAR T cell therapies more accessible for treating cancer and autoimmune diseases.

A study linked fine-particle air pollution and other environmental factors to genetic changes in people with lung cancer who never smoked.

Mouse studies give insights into how exercise might help protect against Alzheimer’s disease.

Mortality rates in 2023 were higher than expected based on earlier trends, especially among those who did not graduate from college.

Women who used at-home test kits were more than twice as likely to complete screening for cervical cancer than women who received only telephone reminders. 

Researchers identified compounds that could kill malaria parasites inside mosquitoes.

Studies in people and mice show a diet that’s low in the amino acid cysteine reprograms fat to burn more calories, triggering weight loss and reduced inflammation.

Loss of the Y chromosome in both tumor and immune cells may hamper immune protections and lead to poorer outcomes for men with different types of cancer.

Researchers developed scores based on metabolite levels in blood and urine that can identify diets high in ultra-processed foods.

Almost 19 million U.S. children—1 in 4—lived with at least one parent or primary caregiver who had a substance use disorder in 2023.

Researchers used a personalized gene-editing approach to mend a faulty gene in a baby born with a rare, often deadly disorder.

A new study in mice sheds light on how brain circuits get rewired when learning new movements.

Researchers developed a tool to quantify various aspects of a person’s biological age and health status.

A nationwide analysis found a higher incidence of 14 types of cancer among people under 50 years old compared to rates in 2010.

Researchers found that cells in skin that stop dividing but don’t die, called senescent cells, aren’t all the same, coming in three types with distinct treatment responses.

Scientists were able to target a fat-recycling process to reduce pancreatic tumors in mouse and human models.

By analyzing subtle facial movements, researchers found ways to objectively measure the severity of tinnitus and sound sensitivity disorder symptoms.

Teens and young adults who took a smoking cessation drug called varenicline were more likely to quit vaping nicotine than those who got a placebo pill.

Researchers designed a non-hallucinogenic analogue of LSD that had antidepressant and numerous cognitive benefits in mice.