Experiments show that the bacterial component of fine particulate matter has a highly potent inflammatory effect.

Organelles spit out DNA contaminated with damaging components, leading to the activation of inflammatory enzymes, mouse ...

Although the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced a US$50 million to fund studies on the causes of autism, many researchers were dismayed that these developments seemed to ignore decades ...

An injection of funding into genetic and environmental factors underlying autism was eclipsed by Trump’s controversial claims about acetaminophen.

Paracetamol is one of the most widely used drugs during pregnancy and is generally considered safe. It is commonly used to relieve pain and reduce fevers, including those caused by viral infections ...

Preliminary results from a small trial offer the clearest evidence yet that the brain disease’s progression can be slowed.

A judge in New York rejected a request on 23 September to disqualify the use of cutting-edge DNA sequencing as evidence in a ...

The chemical make-up of crystals that formed from magma hint at an increase in the number of meteorites battering Earth’s ...

Specialists caution that there isn’t a universal portrait that captures the state of higher education around the world.

Tick-borne encephalitis virus can infect the nervous system and cause life-threatening illness. Finding the cellular gateway ...

Yet not all large-scale research into mRNA vaccines in the United States is being dismantled. Nature has learnt that, even as ...

The new prime editors are about as efficient as their predecessors but make up to 60-fold fewer ‘indel’ mistakes.