In a long-awaited finding, a team of Chinese and US scientists has determined the high-resolution atomic structure of a cell-surface ...

Researchers have reprogrammed adult mouse cells to behave like embryonic stem cells, without the need for a stay in a ...

AIDS Vaccine Candidate Appears to Completely Clear Virus from the Body in Monkeys. An HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate developed by researchers ...

The largest DNA-sequencing study of anorexia nervosa has linked the eating disorder to variants in a gene coding for an ...

Disease-causing bacteria stink -- literally -- and the odor released by some of the nastiest microbes has become the basis ...

The human brain is exquisitely adept at linking seemingly random details into a cohesive memory that can trigger myriad associations ...

A wide range of biologically inspired materials may now be possible by combining protein studies, materials science and RNA sequencing, ...

New method could help to reconnect injured organs or build functional human tissues from the ground up. Boston, Mass. -- ...

Stem cell technology has long offered the hope of regenerating tissue to repair broken or damaged neural tissue. Findings from ...

When a mouse smells a cat, it instinctively avoids the feline or risks becoming dinner. How? A Northwestern University study ...

Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have found that epigenetic factors play a role ...

A lightweight and field-portable device invented at UCLA that conducts kidney tests and transmits data through a smartphone attachment may ...

Scientists at the Institute of Molecular Biotechnology in Vienna, Austria, have grown three-dimensional human brain tissues from stem cells. The ...

University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able ...

A multi-institutional research team has developed a method for embedding networks of biocompatible nanoscale wires within engineered tissues. These networks ...

Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to apply a powerful new DNA-editing technology more broadly ...

New prototype device recognizes electrical properties of infected cells as signatures of disease. Researchers at MIT have found a way ...

Neuroscientists often use electroencephalography (EEG) as an inexpensive way to record electrical signals in the brain. Though it would be ...

Several interactive systems can be found in the literature for simulating taste sensations, especially in the area of Human-Computer Interaction ...

In a scientific first, Harvard Stem Cell Institute scientists have successfully grown the cells that line the blood vessels—called vascular ...