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

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

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

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

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

Johns Hopkins biochemists have figured out what is needed to activate and sustain the virus-fighting activity of an enzyme found in CD4+ T cells, the...

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

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

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

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

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

Using somatic cell nuclear transfer, a team of scientists led by Dr. Dieter Egli at the New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and...

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

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

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