The molecule, known as a glycan, could serve as a new target for early diagnostic tests, treatments and perhaps prevention of Alzheimer’s.

Drinking a small amount of whey protein before meals has been shown to help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugars.

Nearly half of all vaccines go to waste, due to the logistical obstacles involved in transporting them to diverse regions of the world.

Scientists have made a major breakthrough in understanding how malaria parasites divide and transmit the disease.

The discovery of how to shift damaged brain cells from a diseased state into a healthy one presents a new path to treating Alzheimer's.

Genetic mutations which cause a debilitating hereditary kidney disease affecting children and young adults have been fixed in kidney cells

Research suggests that people with elevated levels of the protein prostasin may be at higher risk of developing diabetes and cancer.

A new therapeutic approach prevents the growth of metastatic tumors in mice by forcing cancer cells into a dormant state.

Artificial protein reveals new clues about primordial chemical processes

Researchers say they discovered that a special sugar molecule could play a key role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease.

People could soon go to the doctor, shed a tear, and know if they are in the early stages of an illness within minutes.

Going to the beach? Planning a hike? Be prepared: Men will be much hungrier according to a survey on the eating habits of 3,000 people.

Research has generated promising results for a new blocking antibody therapy that targets a protein critical to cancer's ability to spread.

Our brains have billions of highly calibrated nerve cells or neurons, and each neuron has thousands of connections to other neurons.

A genetic discovery could turn disease-carrying mosquitoes into insect Peter Pans, preventing them from ever maturing or multiplying.

Drinking a small amount of whey protein before meals has been shown to help people with type 2 diabetes control their blood sugars.

The most common head and neck cancer—oral squamous cell carcinoma—often starts off, as many other cancers do, quite innocently.

an average increase of about seven grams of protein daily above the intake guidelines leads on average to an increase in height of one cm.

Researchers have succeeded in developing a muscle solely on the basis of natural proteins whose movements are driven by a chemical reaction.

A protein found in tick saliva could be turned into a drug that eases itching and chronic pain in people.