The World Health Organization lists shift work as a potential carcinogen, says Erik Herzog, PhD, Professor of Biology in Arts ...

The genetic malady known as Fragile X syndrome is the most common cause of inherited autism and intellectual disability. Brain ...

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Prometheus, the mythological figure who stole fire from the gods, was punished for this theft by being bound to a ...

In one of the first successful attempts at genetically engineering mosquitoes, HHMI researchers have altered the way the insects respond ...

Robots could become a lot more 'sensitive' thanks to new artificial skins and sensor technologies developed by European scientists. Leading ...

Transplantation of human stem cells in an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison improved survival and muscle function in ...

Inspired by the way plants grow toward light sources, a phenomenon known as phototropism, bioengineers from the University of California, ...

A new study by researchers in the US has shown that an ancient virus can be modified to help in ...

Using only biomolecules (such as DNA and enzymes), scientists at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed and constructed an ...

Some bacteria grow electrical hair that lets them link up in big biological circuits, according to a University of Southern ...

The Swiss entrepreneur and philanthropist will enable the Wyss Institute to advance its efforts to find solutions to complex bioengineering ...

Researchers from Queen Mary, University of London have led the largest sequencing study of human disease to date, investigating the ...

Baby’s life saved with groundbreaking 3D printed device from University of Michigan that restored his breathing. Every day, their baby ...

Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect ...

Bacteria on a surface wander around and often organize into highly resilient communities known as biofilms. It turns out that ...

Scientists have long known that control mechanisms known collectively as "epigenetics" play a critical role in human development, but they ...

Humacyte, Inc., announced the accomplishment of significant milestones in the clinical development of its innovative bioengineered blood vessel technology – ...

A protein from bovine blood can keep gold nanoparticles from clumping in a solution—a discovery that could lead to improved ...

From the chimera in Greek mythology to the sphinx in ancient Egypt, humans have imagined making creatures from pieces of ...