In a groundbreaking study on the synthesis of cellulose -- a major constituent of all plant cell walls -- a team has captured images of the microscopic process of cell-wall building continuously over ...

Organelles in cells were originally often independent cells, which were incorporated by host cells and lost their ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments ...

With the long-term goal of creating living cells from non-living components, scientists in the field of synthetic biology work with RNA origami. This tool uses the multifunctionality of the natural ...

Ten years ago, nobody knew that Asgard archaea even existed. In 2015, however, researchers examining deep-sea sediments discovered gene fragments that indicated a new and previously undiscovered form ...

NYU scientists have discovered that cancer cells work together to withstand challenging conditions, revealing new ...

Human biology is not black and white. Although newborns are typically categorized as male or female at birth based on visible ...

A growing body of work suggests that cell metabolism — the chemical reactions that provide energy and building materials — ...

Researchers have found that some cells form new multicellular structures with functions that defy their original biological ...

Scientists have found a way to study early embryonic development without real embryos. Using CRISPR, they programmed stem cells to self-organize into structures mimicking early embryos. The cells show ...

Like people, bacteria get invaded by viruses. In bacteria, the viral invaders are called bacteriophages, derived from the Greek word for bacteria-eaters, or in shortened form, "phages." ...

In a potentially major breakthrough for regenerative medicine, scientists at MIT have developed a way to convert skin cells ...