Biologists mapping the human microbiome expected to find new bacteria and viruses, not entities that slip through every ...

In a recent perspective article published in the journal Nature Communications, over 30 scientists from around the world discussed the action plans and principles of the global scientific initiative ...

Mice have remained the focal point for life sciences research for the past several decades. Their universality in biomedicine ...

Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences has officially voted to change the name of the Human Evolutionary Biology concentration during a meeting on April 1. Effective as of July 1, 2025 — when the ...

Biology — the science of life, living things and the processes that keep us all running — links up in essential ways with many other sciences, such as chemistry, physics and mathematics, which help us ...

In the scientific study of human biology, there is no political ideology. Biologists research embryonic development, hormones and sexual maturation to provide scientific evidence that can inform ...

Biology has always been an unruly science. Cells divide when they want to. Genes switch on and off like temperamental lights.

Together, these efforts aim to decode the inner workings of human biology and enable scientific and medical breakthroughs. "When I worked as a pediatrician at UCSF, I treated children with diseases ...

Much of our knowledge of the protein PD-1, a leading cancer treatment target, comes from studies in mice. In a comprehensive assessment of PD-1, researchers have found that PD-1 in mice is ...

Purdue University College of Science has named Professor Peristera Paschou as the next head of the Department of Biological Sciences Professor Peristera Paschou, a researcher focusing on genomics and ...