The Jurassic fossil Juracanthocephalus reveals a key evolutionary link between rotifers and parasitic acanthocephalans, resolving debates about their origins and anatomy. A research team from the Nanj ...

Cell therapy development for Parkinson’s disease has been a marathon. Two new papers represent an important step forward.

Summer is the best time for eating fresh, just-out-of-the-garden vegetables. Green beans, peas, corn, okra, squash, I could go on and ...

This article originally appeared on page 19 of the No. 5 April 2025 edition of The Gettysburgian magazine By Kenzie Smith, ...

A man who battled childhood cancer has received the first known transplant of sperm-producing stem cells, in a study aimed at ...

A newsy analysis of the workings of D.C. (and beyond), providing the inside track on both the overhyped and overlooked events of the week.

The seedling arches upward (like a shepherd’s crook) to push through the soil, then the leaves move up as the cotyledons stay attached to each side of the stem, remaining until all the food ...

Two independent clinical trials demonstrate the safety of stem cell therapies for Parkinson’s disease. The papers, published in Nature, investigate the use of cells derived from human ...

Ochsner Health and STEM NOLA are joining forces for an educational event focused on the heart and circulatory system, ...

The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) anatomy is designed to supply function to most muscles of the larynx (voice box). It branches from the vagus nerve (cranial nerve 10) but follows an unusual pathway ...

Q My fiance and I plan to have kids someday. I was wondering if it would be beneficial to keep our babies’ umbilical cords, ...