Neutrophil granulocytes, a type of immune cell, are indispensable for the defense against pathogens. However, if they migrate into injured tissue, for example into the brain after a stroke, they can ...

The Vermilion County Animal Shelter and other veterinarians in the Danville area are using new digital IDs for pets. The ...

Plans are now ramping up for a new animal shelter, a prospect that the Multnomah County estimates could cost anywhere between ...

Oxidative stress, an imbalance between the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the ability to neutralize them ...

Studies reveal important principles through which the brainstem regulates satiation, and begin to shed light on the neural determinants of meal size.

This internal left-right asymmetry is believed to begin at the very early stage of development -- when a tiny embryo is divided into two parts during a process called gastrulation. This process ...

Researchers found first henipavirus strain in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals living in ...

What has puzzled researchers and philosophers for many centuries is the ‘why’ of sleep, along with the ‘how’. We human animals know from experience that we need to sleep, ...

Researchers found first strain of henipavirus in North America. What you need to know about new virus in wild animals that ...

Most animals, including humans, have bilateral symmetry, which means our bodies are pretty symmetrical. At least on the ...

A new study has identified an enzyme that plays an important role in breaking down unneeded or damaged proteins in the heart -- an important process for maintaining heart health.

Scientists have uncovered a key mechanism in jellyfish embryos that provides new insights into how the body plan of these ...