For years, one of the simplest explanations for human intelligence was also one of the biggest: the human brain has an enormous number of neurons. It also has an even more enormous web of connections ...

Building on recent successes, scientists are focused on a promising new frontier: sending tiny particles into the body to ...

Pacific oyster extract protected the gut barrier and reduced inflammation in human cells, giving discarded oysters a ...

Cece Calhoun ’21, medical director of Yale’s Sickle Cell Program, reflects on the challenges of building teams and structures ...

Much of the genome is made up of repetitive DNA sequences that trace back to ancient mobile elements, many of which have lost ...

The goal of creating synthetic cells is not to replace nature, but to learn more deeply about biology and reengineer it to ...

A newly identified retinal signaling molecule may help coordinate the eye’s response to damage, revealing a potential avenue ...

Honeybee queens are made not just by royal jelly, but by an entire colony engineering the perfect royal nursery.

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

Glial and immune cells; long regarded as passive bystanders in the nervous system, are now recognized as active architects of ...

Researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at NUS have developed a new method that allows ...

MINNESOTA, USA — After more than a decade of work, University of Minnesota researchers say they have built the first synthetic cell assembled from nonliving components that can complete the major ...