This week in the Charlottesville area, singing lessons with a barbershop chorus, conversations with a fantasy author and more ...

Ticks aren't just small insects; they're dangerous parasites that can make your pet very ill. These blood-sucking parasites ...

Researchers found that a small population of immune cells in the mouse intestine prevents allergic responses to food, suggesting that targeting such cells therapeutically could potentially lead to a ...

Blood clots are associated with life-threatening conditions such as sepsis, sickle cell disease, heart attack, and stroke.

Camouflage takes many forms in the natural world. Some animals are born with skin or coats that blend in naturally with their environment. Some Old World lizards like the chameleon have an almost ...

Dipanjan Pan, professor at Penn State, is working to change that by leading the development of freeze-dried synthetic blood—a breakthrough that could transform emergency medicine.

Blood loss is the leading cause of death in trauma patients between the ages of 1 and 46 years, largely because they cannot ...

T cells are white blood cells that are important for adaptive immunity. They have unique cell surface receptors that are generated by randomly assorting genes. These receptors allow T cells to ...

Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) affects approximately 15% of U.S. adults and as many as 9 in 10 with CKD are unaware they have ...

The consequence of low blood protein depends on how low the protein becomes, which protein is low, and the cause of the low ...