The SpudCell certainly resembles a living cell, but a key structure inside the cell falls short of the real thing ...

A laser-based innovation could allow electron microscopes to reveal biological structures that have long remained beyond ...

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 ...

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 ...

Prairie Harm Reduction executive director Jason Mercredi plans to reach out to the mayor's office and police board to launch a discussion on decriminalization before the board's next meeting. An ...

With this breakthrough scientists could design synthetic cells to deliver targeted medicines, fight diseases, or produce insulin and other important drugs more efficiently.