Stress, the body's natural response to different types of challenges and daily problems, is an inherently harmless state ...

When cell division (mitosis) takes too long, it can be a sign that something is wrong with the cells, for example, DNA damage or chromosomal instability. That's why our cells come with an innate ...

A team of scientists at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research has discovered that inactivation of a stress pathway makes ER+ breast cancer cells ignore stress signals, allowing them to evade ...

In a recent study published in the journal Cell, researchers showed that stress-sensitive neural circuits alter the gut microbiome by directly influencing duodenal glands. Gut microbiomes promote ...

Researchers have now discovered that DNA sequence changes known to increase a person's risk for diabetes are linked to how well pancreatic cells can handle two different kinds of molecular stress. In ...

A new study in mice identifies how stress during pregnancy affects fetal brain health, linking maternal immune activation to ...

Share on Pinterest The collections of bacteria in the gut may play a role in the regulation of stress responses, an animal study suggests. Image credit: Justin Lewis/Getty Images. Experts are ...