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Unlike accidental cell death, some cells can actively decide to die through a controlled process. This is called programmed cell death and can occur in different forms, including apoptosis and necroptosis. Cells use this process when they are damaged, stressed, becoming cancerous, or infected by harmful microbes. This self-destruction mechanism helps to protect the body, but it is also involved in many diseases, such as infections, inflammatory conditions and cancer.

Trying to "clean" your body by eliminating an entire nutrient class might end up starving the very system you want to heal

Some brains appear to fight back against Alzheimer's by helping immature brain cells survive damage instead of succumbing to it. Understanding this natural resilience could point researchers toward entirely new ways to protect memory and slow dementia.

Award-winning Braveminds Academy explains why depression in teen boys often appears as anger, withdrawal, and school refusal rather than sadness.

Researchers argue that cities, screens and inequality may amplify ancient stress systems.

Tech entrepreneur and anti-ageing advocate Bryan Johnson has revealed that he has autoimmune gastritis, a chronic condition in which the immune system attacks the stomach lining.

Dr. Samuel Oyola, a senior scientist, received a USD 1 million grant from the Gates Foundation to build an AI-powered public health tool to predict disease outbreaks and track drug-resistant pathogens. Dr. Oyola is the head of genomic science at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI). He is set to work with two PhD students

North Carolina is dealing with a rise in Cyclospora cases, a microscopic parasite known for unpleasant gastrointestinal symptoms, including "explosive diarrhea."

Today in Africa for July 3, 2026: DR Congo enrolls the first patient in a Bundibugyo Ebola treatment trial, the UN warns of a human rights catastrophe in Sudan’s Al Obeid, and South Africa deploys soldiers during anti illegal immigration protests.

A new study reveals that plague was lethal thousands of years ago, during the Neolithic.