Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia, and it affects over 7 million people in the United States alone.

Claire Huntington, a biotechnology major and class assistant, demonstrates how to apply a sample into gel in the Design to Data program within the Genome Center's Siegel Lab taught by Ashley Vater.

The complex and redundant biology underlying fibrosis is widely believed to contribute to the limited effectiveness of single ...

Geroscience examines the underlying biology of aging to delay chronic diseases and extend the healthy years of human life.

Prof. Jeremy Baskin, chemistry and chemical biology and a member of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, works with his multidisciplinary team of students to combat disease in a unique ...

As a researcher, I still remember the discomfort I felt every time I had to sacrifice laboratory animals for an experiment.

Doctor after doctor misdiagnosed or shrugged off Ruth Wilson's rashes, swelling, fevers and severe pain for six years. She saved her life by begging for one more test in an emergency room that was ...

Metabolic diseases, including type 2 diabetes (T2D), obesity, and metabolic syndrome, are a growing threat to global public health. More than 537 million adults currently live with T2D, and this ...

Researchers identify a repeat expansion in the GOLGA8A gene as a major genetic driver for a rare, early-onset form of frontotemporal dementia.

Bronwyn has always loved words and animals, and she has the journalism and zoology degrees to prove it. After more than 20 years as a writer and editor, the former music journalist went back to ...