When scientist J. Craig Venter and his team announced in 2010 that they had created the first cell controlled by a fully synthetic genome, it marked a turning point in how scientists think about life.

A newly identified weakness in “zombie” cells may open the door to more precise cancer treatments by turning their own ...

A Moffitt Cancer Center researcher has introduced a new model that addresses one of biology's most fundamental questions: How does genetic information keep living systems organized and therefore alive ...

The human genome contains around 20,000 genes that hold instructions for making working proteins, as most genetic databases ...

In recent years, the field of stem cell and developmental biology has seen remarkable breakthroughs that have deepened our understanding of how organisms grow, age and regenerate, with major ...

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have uncovered a previously unknown mechanism by which HIV-1 can infect ...

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

AI could "give the scientific community a way to address the most difficult and urgent questions in human health," argues ...

A new computational study led by University at Buffalo scientists and published April 21 in Biophysical Journal sheds light ...

The sunlight-collecting organelles known as chloroplasts solve a packing problem: how to optimize photosynthesis without ...

Understanding how muscle deteriorates could help researchers extend the human health span. “When you ask most older adults ...

Cytotoxic T lymphocytes are the body's specialized "killer" cells, precisely eliminating infected or cancerous cells. Their ...