There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

More than 3.5 billion years ago, the Earth was not the hospitable world we know today. The atmosphere lacked oxygen, the seas ...

Millions of people worldwide are diagnosed with cancer every year. In advanced tumor diseases, cancer cells detach from the ...

In 1982, cartoonist Gary Larson published a now-iconic Far Side comic entitled Cow Tools. In it, a cow stands proudly beside ...

Cell division is an essential process for all life on earth, yet the exact mechanisms by which cells divide during early embryonic development have remained elusive – particularly for egg-laying ...

We know more about cow’s milk than human milk. But new research about the makeup of breast milk and the factors influencing ...

For the first time, the tools to rewrite human biology are moving from speculative fiction into regulated clinics and ...

Tumor cells leaving the original tissue and settling in distant organs of the body is referred to as metastasis of the primary tumor. Since in most cases it is not the primary tumor but metastases ...

Tweaking a pattern of wound healing established millions of years ago may enable scar-free injury repair after surgery or ...

"Microgravity pushed evolution into corners of the phage we still don't fully understand" ...

Microscopy continues to transform the life sciences. Here are five recent breakthroughs made possible by the technique.

That’s only one problem. Your immune system also has an adaptive system of specialized immune cells and antibodies that attack and destroy invading microbes. This system remembers what those intruders ...