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Beginning with the invention of the first microscope in the late 1500s, scientists have been trying to peer into preserved cells and tissues with ever-greater...

Stem cells derived from human amnion have for some time been considered promising for cell therapies because of their ease of access, ability to differentiate,...

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) affect 1 to 2 percent of children in the United States. Hundreds of genetic and environmental factors have been shown to...

A see-through zebrafish and enhanced imaging provide the first direct glimpse of how blood stem cells take root in the body to generate blood. Reporting...

When plants come under attack internal alarm bells ring and their defence mechanisms swing into action – and it happens in the space of just...

We have approximately 100 billion nerve cells in our brains, all of which communicate with one another. Why do they lead to clear thoughts or...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in amplifying genes altered by activities such as smoking – with changes that can lead to lung cancer....

A stem cell capable of regenerating both bone and cartilage has been identified in bone marrow of mice. The discovery by researchers at Columbia University...

Improving gene-sequencing technologies have focused immunologists’ attention on the role of genes in diseases. But it appears the environment is an even greater factor in...

A regime of anti-HIV drugs — components of regimens to treat established HIV infection — has the potential to protect against infection in the first...

During embryonal development of vertebrates, signaling molecules inform each cell at which position it is located. In this way, the cell can develop its special...

A simple method to sense DNA, as well as potential biomarker proteins of cancer or other diseases such as Alzheimer’s, may soon be within reach...

Bacteria are as individual as people, according to new research by Professor Peter Young and his team in the Department of Biology at the University...

In a laboratory first, Duke researchers have grown human skeletal muscle that contracts and responds just like native tissue to external stimuli such as electrical...

Even after complete spinal paralysis, the human spinal cord is able to trigger activity in the leg muscles using electrical pulses from an implanted stimulator....