Sometimes a full-on assault isn't the best approach when dealing with a powerful enemy. A more effective approach, in the ...

Biologists have discovered how an outer shield over T-type channels change the electrochemical signaling of heart and brain cells. Understanding ...

An international team led by King's College London and the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC) has developed the ...

A study tracing the evolution of HIV in North America involving researchers at Simon Fraser University has found evidence that ...

Drexel’s Wei Sun, PhD, Albert Soffa chair professor in the College of Engineering, has devised a method for 3D printing ...

Researchers at UNSW Australia have for the first time used electrical pulses delivered from a cochlear implant to deliver gene ...

New research suggests that attempts to isolate an elusive adult stem cell from blood to understand and potentially improve cardiovascular ...

Purdue University researchers have identified an important enzyme pathway that helps prevent new cells from receiving too many or too ...

Neuroscientists have discovered a brain pathway that underlies the emotional behaviours critical for survival. New research by the University of ...

Man or woman? Male or female? In humans and other mammals, the difference between sexes depends on one single element ...

It's a familiar trope in science fiction: In enemy territory, activate your cloaking device. And real-world viruses use similar tactics ...

New research published today out of the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute (HBI) uncovers a mechanism to promote growth ...

Our DNA is under constant attack from many sources, including environmental pollutants, ultraviolet light, and radiation. Fortunately, cells have several ...

UC Irvine neurobiologists have found that genetically modified neural stem cells show positive results when transplanted into the brains of ...

Seven of 15 patients developed severe liver toxicity and died after taking a hepatitis B drug as part of a ...

Eighteen years ago, scientists in Scotland took the nuclear DNA from the cell of an adult sheep and put it ...

A way of making hundreds - or even thousands - of tiny robots cluster to carry out tasks without using ...

Scientists have shown new genetic evidence that could strengthen the link between the role of dietary fats with colon cancer ...

Cell reprogramming converts specialised cells such as nerve cells or skin cells towards an embryonic stem cell state. This reversal ...

A 2-year post-doctoral position in available for an international research project based in the Dept of Bioengineering at the Grenoble ...