The protein Syk is essential for clearing away neuron “corpses” in the developing peripheral nervous system.

Dysfunction or loss of an “antioxidant” enzyme may lead to higher risk for esophageal cancer in patients with gastric reflux disease.

Smoking is more detrimental to lung function in individuals with high proportions of African ancestry.

A protein linked to aggressive bladder cancers could point to new strategies for treatment or prevention.

A genetic variant may help keep an individual’s “good” cholesterol in check.

New findings point to brain circuitry that communicates about the body’s nutritional status and regulates how nutrients are mobilized.

Low oxygen – and the activation of factors that respond to this situation – may be protective in chronic kidney disease.