physiology

Endometrial organoids and single cell analyses helped uncover the molecular mechanisms of a rare uterine condition.

Exercise changes our muscles, but its molecular effects depend on the type of exercise. 

Researchers found new mechanisms and drug targets for cystinosis.

During early pregnancy, the placenta remodels the uterine environment to support fetal growth

Recent advances in modeling the human placenta, the least understood organ, may inform placental disorders like preeclampsia.

Mice live longer, healthier lives thanks to a gene from their glabrous subterranean cousins.

After a long soak in the tub, fingers emerge looking like raisins. The real reason for this curious phenomenon lies under the skin.

Diet-derived molecules spur a biological mechanism in the lung barriers of mice that prevents viral lung injury.

In the developing zebrafish, a noisy and asynchronous activity jumpstarts the heart’s journey to coordinated beating.

Hair-coloring stem cells must swing back and forth between their maturity states to give hair its color.

How will a new version of epigenetic clocks aimed at validating the age of people older than 100 years of age balance accuracy and anonymity?

The transcriptional profiles in the brains of prairie voles changed after a long breakup, revealing a molecular shift that might help them cope with the loss of a partner.

We have barely scratched the surface of itch science and what it indicates about our health.

A newly discovered way to induce scarless healing in mice depends on a highly conserved signaling pathway that is also present in humans.