Our brain is arguably the organ that most distinguishes humans from other primates. Its exceptional size, complexity and ...

COVID-19 is a respiratory disease primarily affecting the lungs. However, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 surprised ...

Scientists mapped how aging alters gene expression across brain cell types in mice, revealing immune activation, neuronal ...

Researchers from the Organoid group at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new way to grow organoids. Organoids are tiny ...

Scientists recreated molecular switches that regulate biological timing, aiding nanotechnology and explaining evolutionary ...

Bits of DNA from mitochondria can skip surprisingly fast into our genome and may reduce lifespan M ost of us remember two ...

Fighting cancer can seem like a deadly game of chance. While some patients may respond well to certain treatments, others might not be as fortunate. Doctors and scientists have long struggled to ...

Rice University bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells.

Evolution was fueled by endosymbiosis, cellular alliances in which one microbe makes a permanent home inside another. For the ...

Life as we know it wouldn’t exist without enzymes. These tiny proteins, found in every living organism, are the catalysts ...