During Earth’s early days, bacteria developed a self-destruct strategy for detecting and destroying phages before they’re able to take over the cell’s machinery. While this does wonders for our immune ...

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The immune system has a tough job: When a tiny virus invades one of our cells, that cell must detect it and, within minutes, decide what to do. If the cell quickly self-destructs, that will prevent ...

Randal Halfmann at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research in Kansas City is hoping to treat diseases including cancer and Alzheimer's by influencing how cells make life-or-death decisions. In ...

In Alzheimer's, brain cells die too soon. In cancer, dangerous cells don't die soon enough. That's because both diseases alter the way cells decide when to end their lives, a process called programmed ...

Viruses are masters at taking over our cells: They disable our defenses and hijack the cellular machinery in order to multiply successfully. For example, the herpes simplex virus 1, which causes ...

Let’s get this out of the way right off the bat. Yes, artist/songwriter extraordinaire Julia Michaels named the label she recently started GFY Records. And, yes, it stands for what you think it does. ...

Amazon’s October Prime Day deals are coming up on the 7th and 8th, but it’s already discounting a whole bunch of stuff for early Prime Big Deal Days. Check out this excellent haul of handy tools from ...

Scientists discovered that inhibiting the enzyme STK17B forces multiple myeloma cells into iron-driven death and makes therapies more effective. Early mouse studies show strong potential for a new ...

Discover the astonishing true story of a car designed to self-destruct when its steering wheel was turned. Actor Noel Clarke arrested at family home in London Emma Watson: Acting drove me to hit rock ...

Harry Kane wheels away in celebration after scoring his second goal of the night against Chelsea - Getty Images/Maja Hitij Under the watchful eye of co-controlling owners Behdad Eghbali and Todd ...