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Like the strings on a violin or the pipes of an organ, the proteins in the human body vibrate in...

For the first time, chemists have successfully produced an artificial cell containing organelles capable of carrying out the various steps...

Ryan Zurakowski, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Delaware, is co-author of a paper appearing...

Artificial bone marrow may be used to reproduce hematopoietic stem cells. A prototype has now been developed by scientists of...

The waterproof, light-activated glue developed by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston Children's Hospital and Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Inside our cells, proteins known as myosins can act as a delivery service for biological materials. To better understand how...

Your nose is not the only organ in your body that can sense cigarette smoke wafting through the air. Scientists...

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...

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

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...

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...