A new study challenges a 60-year-old assumption about the body’s main structural building block, opening new possibilities ...

In most modern cells, DNA stores the genetic blueprint, and proteins replicate, repair and build from those blueprints. At ...

What makes something alive? We simply don't know, but synthetic biologists are a step closer to providing an answer thanks to SpudCell, the most sophisticated attempt at creating an artificial life ...

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 ...

GUO YALI/CHINA DAILY China is actively exploring innovative approaches to organizing biomedical research, betting that ...

The idea of ‘biological agency’ — that life devises its own goals and behaves accordingly — complicates our understanding of ...

In an interview, synthetic biologist Peter Carr explains research on synthetic cells, their potential benefits and hazards, ...

A study links graying hair to stem cells getting stuck, unable to color new hair growth. And here's the good news: That might mean gray hair is reversible.

Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

A jellyfish no wider than a dime can do something human skin cannot. When its surface is torn, the wound can close in minutes ...