Your intestine completely rebuilds its inner lining every few days—one of the fastest renewal processes in the human body.

Researchers have uncovered a clue to why immune checkpoint inhibitors—cancer therapies that release the immune "brakes" ...

In 2023, nearly 51 million people were injured and 1.34 million died from road injuries, making road injuries one of the ...

For adults with irregular corneas, a four-zone scleral lens demonstrates high effectiveness in improving visual performance, ...

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has largely subsided, scientists continue to investigate why the virus proved so deadly, ...

For the first time, Northwestern Medicine scientists have detailed how fall and spring daylight saving time transitions ...

Macrophages are considered the "scavenger cells" of the immune system, but some pathogens exploit these very cells as hiding ...

Adolescents and young adults in the U.S. are increasingly using popular GLP-1 weight-loss drugs alone or in conjunction with ...

An international team led by the Central Institute of Mental Health in Mannheim has presented the largest genome-wide ...

For more than two decades, scientists have uncovered remarkable links between the trillions of microbes living in our gut and ...

A Northwestern Medicine study has uncovered how chronic defects in muscle membrane repair can fuel harmful inflammation. The ...

Joint replacements are among the most common surgeries worldwide, and preventing blood clots is critical to recovery. A ...