“A cell type is a group of cells that are similar to each other and distinct from other groups of cells,” offers ...

It has only recently been discovered that single-celled organisms (bacteria and archaea) also have histones—proteins that ...

Andrea Gomez, a Berkeley molecular and cell biologist, applies her wide-ranging curiosity to brains’ mysteries ranging from synapses to psychedelics.

Researchers have gained new insights into the mechanism behind the spatial organization of DNA within the cells of early embryos. When an embryo is first formed after fertilization, each cell has the ...

In this edition of the biotech bi-weekly, a new partnership takes vascularized organoids to the international space station ...

The University of Southampton has etched the human genome on a crystal which is capable of lasting billions of years - ...

A new study of genetic samples from the Huanan Market in Wuhan, China, could point to an animal origin of COVID-19, but controversial figures support it.

Scientists, including Seth Shipman, PhD, at Gladstone Institutes, have shown that retrons also serve an important purpose in ...

You have around 35 trillion red blood cells moving around your body at all times. Typically they are rounded and flexible. What happens when they aren’t?

Medical anthropologist and bioethicist Julia Brown says scientists and nonscientists need to talk about whether and how we ...

If you want to live to a healthy 100, eat like healthy people who've lived to 100. Longevity researcher Dan Buettner shares ...

Researchers from the Kind Group have gained new insights into the mechanism behind the spatial organization of DNA within the ...