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John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka win this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine for learning how to reboot cellular development.
A brewmaster is creating a signature concoction using yeast found in his facial hair.
Scientists unravel the confusing molecular biology behind a fruit fly’s reliance on a single type of cactus.
Researchers show that nanowire-based biosensors can collect and detect proteins in one chip.
Many vaccines are on the market for various serogroups of meningococcal disease, but a solution to provide broad protection against MenB remains elusive.
Stem cells collected from younger donors are more effective for transplantation and regenerative medicine than those from older individuals.
Researchers monitor the movement of the Pacific’s largest predators and share the information with the world in real time.
The latest news from a long-term study of calorie restriction in rhesus macaques shows better health, but no boost in lifespan, in monkeys who eat less.
Researchers show that blood spotted onto Guthrie cards, usually at birth, can be a high quality source of methylated DNA for long-term epigenetic studies.