When biology and materials science converge, the results can be new materials that can be used to deliver targeted drugs,...

Scientists have obtained the first detailed molecular structure of a member of the Tet family of enzymes.The finding is important...

As part of an international research project, a team of researchers has developed a DNA clamp that can detect mutations...

Researchers have successfully coaxed stem cells to become kidney tubular cells, a significant advance toward one day using regenerative medicine,...

The organ has to enable a “large mammal” to live “a normal lifestyle” for at least three months. The Methuselah...

The newly sequenced genome of the Amborella plant addresses Darwin's "abominable mystery" -- the question of why flowers suddenly proliferated...

A group of researchers from the UK have used inkjet printing technology to successfully print cells taken from the eye...

Abba Zubair, M.D., Ph.D, believes that cells grown in the International Space Station (ISS) could help patients recover from a...

Researchers have created a new type of molecular motor made of DNA and demonstrated its potential by using it to...

In the field of drug design, the protein K-Ras is legendary. It’s been on everyone’s “target” list for more than...

The first ever biological robots that are powered by sperm have been created by scientists in Germany. Oliver Schmidt and...

A Duke research team has developed a better recipe for synthetic replacement cartilage in joints, according to a report from...

Rice University bioengineers have developed a hydrogel scaffold for craniofacial bone tissue regeneration that starts as a liquid, solidifies into...

BIOENGINEERS dream of growing spare parts for our worn-out or diseased bodies. They have already succeeded with some tissues, but...

Scientists have discovered a second code hiding within DNA. This second code contains information that changes how scientists read the...

The idea of growing replacement tissue to repair an organ, or to swap it out for an entirely new one,...

Scientists from Case Western Reserve University and University of Kansas Medical Center have restored behavior -- in this case, the...

A discovery by a research team led by Ryohei Yasuda at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience has significantly...

An artificial heart containing miniaturised space technology will soon beat inside a person, having now been approved for human trials...

A new nerve interface can simulate a sense of touch from 20 spots on a prosthetic hand. There have been...