A group of researchers in China and the US have successfully created a 3D model of a cancerous tumour using...

Scientists at the University of Basel report first ever successful nose reconstruction surgery using cartilage grown in the laboratory. Cartilage...

Scientists reported today the first human recipients of laboratory-grown vaginal organs. A research team led by Anthony Atala, M.D., director...

It's a computer – inside a cockroach. Nano-sized entities made of DNA that are able to perform the same kind...

On the less glamorous side of space exploration, there’s the more practical problem of waste — in particular, what to...

Some nanoparticles commonly added to consumer products can significantly damage DNA. Illustration Credits: Christine Daniloff/MIT Thousands of consumer products —...

Johns Hopkins researchers say they have confirmed suspicions that DNA modifications found in the blood of mice exposed to high...

A team of scientists at the University of Edinburgh has succeeded in regenerating a living organ for the first time....

A team of researchers at the IRCM, led by André Veillette, MD, explains how our immune system kills abnormal blood...

Synthetic genetic circuitry created by researchers at Rice University is helping them see, for the first time, how to regulate...

In a north London hospital, scientists are growing noses, ears and blood vessels in the laboratory in a bold attempt...

With predictive modeling techniques, it is possible to predict anything from clients’ shopping habits and illnesses to a golfer’s handicap....

When we watch a movie, our brains react to it immediately in a way similar to other people's brains. Researchers...

A major discovery that brings a new drug target to the increasingly exciting landscape of cancer immunotherapy was published yesterday...

A blood sample could one day be enough to diagnose many types of solid cancers, or to monitor the amount...

Skin cells use new molecule to send touch information to the brain. In a study published online today in the...

Chances are you've heard of mapping genes to diagnose rare diseases, predict your risk of cancer and tell your ancestry....

Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have overcome one of the greatest challenges in biology and taken...

A long-standing challenge in synthetic biology has been to create gene circuits that behave in predictable and robust ways. Mathematical...

A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Reports and presented today at the American...