Why scientists are so near and yet so far from being able to cryopreserve organs
Why scientists are so near and yet so far from being able to cryopreserve organs
As wolves became domesticated, their genes adapted to a starch-rich diet of human leftovers.
Scientists use virus-free gene therapy on patient-derived stem cells to repair spinal muscular atrophy in mice.
Bamboo sharks still developing in their egg cases respond to a predator presence by ceasing movement and even breathing.
A drug applied to the ears of deaf mice has prompted the regrowth of noise-damaged hair cells and resulted in slight improvements in the animals’ hearing.
Reprogrammed stem cells are not attacked by the immune system, or are they?
The highest court in the country has declined to hear an appeal regarding the federal funding of human embryonic stem cell research, allowing such spending to continue.
Carl Woese, the discoverer of the third domain of life, has passed away at age 84.
There's a lot more than dirt to the soil in which plants grow.
Patterns of cell death aid in the formation of beneficial wrinkles during the development of bacterial biofilms.