Metabolism is the process that converts the food you eat into both energy and biological components like muscle and bone.

The largest genetic map of human metabolism reveals new insights on the role of metabolites in health and disease.

Human metabolism is a complex web of chemical processes and interactions between our cells and the microbes living within us. The more scientists can identify and classify the molecules involved in ...

We've long known that regular exercise builds muscle, strengthens the heart, and lifts our mood, but a new paper shows the ...

UW Senior Research Scientist Silvia Sanchez-Martinez, left, and Department of Molecular Biology Assistant Professor Thomas Boothby led new research providing additional evidence that tardigrade ...

Aging is a biological process that no one can avoid. Ideally, growing old should be a time to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labor. Aging also has a darker side, however, often linked to disease.

Sky Radoci spent years trying to find something that could cure his eczema, which developed during a bout of stress he went through when attending music school in Los Angeles. Steroid creams helped ...

Foods like chili peppers, ginger, and coffee or tea may help speed up your body's metabolism. Here's how to add them to a ...