Edits create cells that don’t trigger an immune response, allowing implant recipient to forego immune-suppressing drugs.

This may help treat chronic wounds or diabetic ulcers—and one day maybe degenerative diseases, nerve damage and bone ...

Cells are constantly on the move, whether in a developing embryo or metastatic cancer. But how do cells adapt to the new environments they encounter? Traditionally, scientists have believed that ...

They can do this with healthy or diseased cells to discern different things, or even genetically engineer them to contain fluorescent marker molecules that allow even more minute observation.

It’s no secret that stress isn’t good for you. But just how bad is it? Well, in the last few decades, scientists have linked ...

Why do cells need so many ways to achieve the same fatal end? Cells probably evolved these different options during an arms race with disease-causing microbes, Kanneganti surmises.

The body has an intricate system to defend against infections where each type of immune cell plays a distinct role. Now, a ...

If time changes as a result of the speed of space travel, do the cells in an astronaut’s body still multiply at the same rate? Ron Dippold San Diego, California, US It is all relative. The ...

It is well known that cells can adapt to changes in the environment through genetic mechanisms, but a new study finds that they also have another, quicker way to respond.