Stem cells made from the skin of adult, infertile men yield primordial germ cells — cells that normally become sperm ...

We may soon be able to make easy and early diagnoses of prostate cancer by smell. Investigators in Finland have ...

Researchers have identified two types of neurons that enable the spinal cord to control skilled forelimb movement. The first is ...

The human body produces chemical cues that communicate gender to members of the opposite sex, according to researchers who report ...

Researchers have discovered that stem cells taken from teeth can grow to resemble brain cells, suggesting they could one day ...

Johns Hopkins biochemists have figured out what is needed to activate and sustain the virus-fighting activity of an enzyme found ...

Researchers at Columbia Engineering announced today that they have successfully grown fully functional human cartilage in vitro from human stem ...

Tracing where your DNA was formed over 1,000 years ago is now possible due to a revolutionary technique developed by ...

In the next few months, highly secretive US military researchers say they will unveil new advances toward developing a brain ...

Our brain activity is more similar to that of speakers we are listening to when we can predict what they ...

Scientists have developed faster, more energy-efficient microchips based on the human brain – 9,000 times faster and using significantly less ...

Using somatic cell nuclear transfer, a team of scientists led by Dr. Dieter Egli at the New York Stem Cell ...

Scientists studying cancerous tumour tissues in a laboratory believe they have identified a potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer. ...

“It’s about the impact we can have on patient care,” says Sasisekharan, the Alfred H. Caspary Professor of Biological Engineering ...

Researchers discovered how to switch brain cells on or off with light pulses by using special proteins from microbes to ...

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 ...