Bioengineers have developed a new construction kit for building custom sense-and-respond circuits in human cells. The research could revolutionize therapies for complex conditions like autoimmune ...

A study of gene expression in the human brain shows that cell types become increasingly specialized, rather than simply more numerous. The human brain stands out as the organ that most distinctly ...

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

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Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States Center for Synthetic Biology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, ...

From periods of rapid aging in our 40s and 60s to ancient brains that don’t decompose, here are some of the year’s most intriguing stories about human biology It can sometimes feel like health ...

T-Mobile today said it opened registration for the "T-Mobile Starlink" beta service that will enable text messaging via satellites in dead zones not covered by cell towers. T-Mobile's announcement ...

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The findings were published in Science on December 12, 2024. "You know the saying, 'You are what you eat?' Well, we uncovered a way in which this actually operates in cells," says Professor Susan ...

In an accompanying commentary in the journal Science ... catastrophe if a mirror cell escaped containment — either accidentally released from a lab, or set free as a biological weapon.