For the first time, scientists have 3-D printed objects within living cells, including a 10-micrometer long elephant and tiny “barcodes” that could help track individual cells. Remarkably, many of the ...

The particles in the cells' crypts, the researchers determined, are excess to the snake's requirements once it has extracted all it needs from the completely dissolved bones. The purpose of the ...

Research into the intestinal cells of Burmese pythons has revealed the existence of a previously unknown cell type, ...

Animal cells have many small vacuoles within them while plant cells have one large one. The vacuole within a plant cell can ...

Researchers from the University of Sydney have developed a system that mimics natural selection inside living mammalian cells ...

Fred Hutch researchers have created a gene-expression map of glial cells of the tiny worm, C. elegans, adding the missing ...

Bristle worms have protrusions that act like a 3D printer, helping us to understand how cells regenerate. Most people will ...

Imagine losing a limb and growing it back like nothing ever happened. Sounds like science fiction? Not for many animals in the natural world! While humans are capable of healing cuts and fractures, ...

Axolotl. Photo by Mattias Banguese, via Unsplash Several animals are renowned for their regenerative abilities. One of the most celebrated is the axolotl, an aquatic salamander capable of regenerating ...

Nature continues to amaze us with its remarkable adaptations, and perhaps one of the most fascinating abilities some animals possess is regeneration—the capacity to regrow lost or damaged body parts.

Among animals that can regrow their detached limbs, Mexico’s axolotls stand out. These endangered amphibians can also regrow organs, including parts of its brain and heart. Now, biologists are ...

For individuals living with sickle cell disease, nutrition is a vital component of health management, and animal offals offer an often-underappreciated source of powerful nutrients.