A group of genes help creating cytokines, which could either offer a protective cover against immunological diseases or else inflame them

The protein, leptin, could be the key to initiating puberty in an individual

Pregnant women often complain of lack of concentration and poor memory. Scientists now offer an interesting explanation for this phenomenon; that a woman's brain size shrinks during late pregnancy

Laws of physics explaining the mechanism that keeps an aircraft airborne fail to do so for insects. Reason: insect's wings, unlike an aircraft's, have a highly unsteady motion that cannot be

With the help of highly reactive oxidative substances, plants manage to keep pathogens at bay

... in the making of an alcoholic is established by measuring the preference for alcohol in genetically bred mice

Finding a link between genes and the evolution of disease can give a new dimension to drug development

Some of the earth's strangest creatures live around hydrothermal vents

Did the Europeans bring syphilis with them, a venereal disease caused by infection with the bacteria Treponema pallidum , or did they catch it from the places they travelled and take it back to

Sex lives of parasites may have an important role to play in the evolution of diseases