When antibiotics attack microbes, their stressed neighbors ship them proteins to help them survive, new work suggests.

SpudCell marks a milestone for synthetic biology, but it is not fully alive. It will, however, help scientists answer key ...

Scientists have built a massive cellular atlas showing how aging reshapes the body across 21 organs. Studying nearly 7 million cells, they found that aging starts earlier than expected and unfolds in ...

To prevent viruses from sickening or killing us—whether it's an individual case of hepatitis B or a COVID pandemic—it's ...

For now, that goal remains elusive. The lab-grown cells stopped developing at an immature stage. Many hurdles need to be ...

DZNE researchers have uncovered a mechanism that determines why a neuron usually forms a single, long extension called an ...

Got a nasty stomach bug that won’t go away? It could be cyclosporiasis, a parasitic infection that causes weeks of ...

Uterine natural killer (NK) cells require TGF-β to be derived from conventional NK cells and contribute to successful pregnancy.

For centuries, humanity has wrestled with a profound question: what truly separates non-living matter from actual, breathing ...