Researchers have found an RNA structure-based signal that spans billions of years of evolutionary divergence between different types of cells, ...

In the bone marrow, blood stem cells give rise to a large variety of mature blood cells via progenitor cells ...

An estimated 285 million people are visually impaired worldwide. Age-related macular degeneration alone is the leading cause of blindness among ...

A clinical trial led by University of Leicester respiratory experts into a potentially ground-breaking ‘breath test’ to detect lung cancer ...

The first comprehensive computer model to simulate the development of blood cells could help in the development of new treatments ...

A new tool developed at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus lets scientists shine a light on an ...

Scientists have shown that gold nanotubes have many applications in fighting cancer: internal nanoprobes for high-resolution imaging; drug delivery vehicles; ...

A multi-institutional team of hearing and communication experts led by the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern ...

According to a multinational clinical trial involving nearly 20,000 young women, the human papilloma virus vaccine, Cervarix, not only has ...

Researcher discovers that squid recode their genetic make-up on-the-fly to adjust to their surroundings The principle of adaptation — the ...

Scrolls thousands of years old provide us with a glimpse into long-forgotten cultures and the knowledge of our ancestors. In ...

Researchers working at the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have captured the first X-ray portraits of living bacteria. ...

After using optical tweezers to squeeze a tiny bead attached to the outside of a human stem cell, researchers now ...

Brain cancer patients may live longer thanks to a new cancer-detection method developed by researchers at the Montreal Neurological Institute ...

Despite having a diameter tens of thousands of times smaller than a human hair, nanopores could be the next big ...

For patients with diabetes, insulin is critical to maintaining good health and normal blood-sugar levels. However, it’s not an ideal ...

A two-part water-based gel made of synthetic DNA could bring the Heriot-Watt inventors of a 3D bio printer closer to ...

On Valentine's Day, people who have been unlucky in love will be said to suffer from a "broken heart." Broken ...

Cell cultures used in biology and medical research may not act as a faithful mimic of real tissue, according to ...

University of North Carolina scientists have created a new research tool, based on the fruit fly, to help crack the ...