Leticia Márquez-Magaña studies the biological impacts of racism on African-Americans, Latina women and other marginalized communities.

The number of cases of fungal infections has increased around the world

Cold viruses don’t reproduce in mice and human cells lacking this protein

This form of energy releases insulin in mice. That might someday help control blood sugar in people

The body makes this chemical ammo to fight foreign invaders — now and later.

The challenge: Money and other resources are geared more to helping smokers, not vapers

This clear fluid cleans up the body’s tissues by removing waste and microbes

There may be subtle differences in the sounds, but the human ear can’t detect them.

Experts worry that the high nicotine in pod-like e-cigs boost addiction and other health risks

This is a cell in the immune system that traps and destroys invaders

Scientists investigate animals for germs that could spill over into people

They’re defined more by shape than their genes