disease & medicine, cell & molecular biology

An increased production of ribosomes may underlie cell migration and relate to cancer metastasis, according to a new study.

An experiment tests whether a protein treatment can help hematopoietic stem cells recover after mice are exposed to radiation.

Organoids grown from a mouse’s colon will be used to screen drugs for colorectal cancer.

Researchers develop a system to deliver synthetic blood to isolated brains hours after death.

Injection of a hydrogel that mechanically resembles a blood clot promotes the growth of new blood vessels in mice.

Scott Kelly’s physiology, gene activity, and mental performance changed after time aboard the International Space Station, but mostly returned to normal once back on Earth.

After a severe case of flu, mice have chemosensory cells in their lungs, a place where they don’t normally occur.

A new set of engineered receptors responds to an FDA-approved drug to provide the most potent chemogenetic toolkit to date.

By zooming in on a developing mouse heart, scientists are studying whether defects in vasculature contribute to a thin muscle wall.

The extremely rare event, thought to be caused by two sperm cells fertilizing the same egg simultaneously, was last reported in 2007.

The treatment will be tested in a handful of patients who suffered nerve damage in sports or traffic accidents.

When implanted into mice, the “pseudo-islets” helped treat the animals’ diabetes symptoms.

With genetic tweaks, researchers can coax corn and other cereals to take in more iron, but sometimes the plants rebel.

An enzyme of the bacteria Porphyromonas gingivalis has been found in the brains of patients with the disorder, and causes neurodegeneration in mice.

The lab-made organoids are fully functional, the team reports, and could aid the study of vascular-related diseases such as diabetes.

The vesicles promote metastasis after chemotherapy, but the authors say the results shouldn’t alarm patients and may point to ways to improve treatments.

Children born to moms who smoked or ingested marijuana during pregnancy suffer higher rates of depression, hyperactivity, and inattention.

From cellular self-digestion to the effects of exercise on the brain, our features editor picks her favorite art custom-made for the magazine.

They hope to develop the “exercise hormone” into therapeutics that harness the benefits of exercise for people unable to do so.