A groundbreaking study reveals that human cells initiate self-destruction processes when viruses disrupt RNA production, offering new insights into innate antiviral defenses. Conducted and reported on ...

A new study from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) has identified a molecular switch that controls whether stressed ...

During Earth’s early days, bacteria developed a self-destruct strategy for detecting and destroying phages before they’re able to take over the cell’s machinery. While this does wonders for our immune ...

Randal Halfmann at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City is hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions. In ...

In Alzheimer's, brain cells die too soon. In cancer, dangerous cells don't die soon enough. That's because both diseases alter the way cells decide when to end their lives, a process called programmed ...

Natural "off switch" could slow or even reverse the growth of aggressive tumors. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S., claiming around 600,000 lives in 2022 alone. A diagnosis can ...

Bacteria are rapidly emerging as a new class of "living medicines" used to kill cancer cells. We're still a long way from a "cure" for cancer. But one day we could have programmable, self-navigating ...