The prevalence of microplastics and nanoplastics in the human body is an increasing concern. Studies revealed that human ...

The NIH is funding a new study at Weill Cornell that aims to identify the regulatory roles of gene variants involved in Type ...

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

Weill Cornell Medicine has received a four-year, $3.4 million grant from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for a study of ...

Beyond mammals, certain bird species nourish their young with a milk-like substance. Pigeons and doves produce crop milk, ...

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At both sites, chimps were estimated to ingest about 14 grams of ethanol per day. That’s the equivalent of 1.4 U.S. standard ...

Everyday factors such as diet, stress, medications, and aging can influence these microbial interactions. For example, gut bacteria produce short-chain fatty acids, nutrients, and other chemical ...

In Kerala's Kottayam district, an elephant named Puthuppally Sadhu was battling for his life for about a month due to colon impaction, a horrible clinical condition that restricts the mega herbivore ...

The artwork is a reflection of the artist's interaction with the school's clinicians, researchers, students and animals.

The human body is one of the most complex creations of nature. From school biology lessons, we learn about organs, cells, and ...

The enteric nervous system (ENS), the largest division of autonomic nervous system, is a tantalizing frontier in neuroscience. With the advent of single-cell transcriptomics, the ENS has been ...