From basic research to beneficial therapies
Swapping chromosomes from one human egg to another could eliminate mitochondrial DNA mutations that cause disease.
Research purporting to cure patients with heart disease using induced pluripotent stem cells may be a fraud.
Keith Campbell, a biologist who was part of the effort to clone Dolly the sheep, has passed away at the age of 58.
Laboratory-raised populations of dung beetles reveal a mother's extragenetic influence on the physiques of her sons.
Mice raised in isolation from their mothers developed cognitive deficits similar to those of babies raised in orphanages where physical contact is infrequent.
The brain’s phagocytes follow an ATP bread trail laid down by calcium waves to the site of damage.
The Office of Research integrity sanctions a Joslin Diabetes Center researcher for fudging data in retracted papers.
Japanese astronauts deliver an aquarium to the International Space Station to study the effects of microgravity on marine life.
The researcher who raised questions about the studies by social psychologist Dirk Smeesters flags dodgy data from another scientist.