Researchers report that certain movement-related symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease may originate in the peripheral nervous system rather than the brain.

A split-color lobster — orange on one side, dark brown on the other — was caught off Cape Cod and donated to the Woods Hole ...

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Does Alzheimer’s start in the muscles? Research reveals that motor neuron mutations disrupt the neuromuscular junction ...

A new study from MIT suggests that a carcinogen that has been found in medications and in drinking water contaminated by ...

There is strong scientific consensus surrounding this story and it is informed by multiple converging lines of evidence.

Whereas most of the cells in a healthy animal’s body get along by following the same set of genetic rules, cancer cells ...

The largest genomic study of African elephants to date has found that both species - savanna and forest elephants - remain in ...

A surprising discovery from high-altitude animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes could reshape how we treat nerve damage in humans. Scientists found that a genetic mutation helping these animals ...

In 2025, baby KJ Muldoon became the first person to receive a personalized gene editing treatment, which likely saved his ...