An advocacy group claims that heroin addicts participating in a Chinese study were not in a position to give their informed consent.
An advocacy group claims that heroin addicts participating in a Chinese study were not in a position to give their informed consent.
Japanese astronauts deliver an aquarium to the International Space Station to study the effects of microgravity on marine life.
A United Kingdom ethics council approves altering human egg cells, which could allow doctors to correct mitochondrial disease in IVF patients.
Scientists have sequenced the genome of an 18.5 week-old fetus using blood and saliva samples taken from the parents.
Actin filaments respond to pressure by forming branches at their curviest spots, helping resist the push.
Germline stem cells discovered in human ovaries can be cultured into fresh eggs.
Human-specific duplications of a gene involved in brain development may have contributed to our species’ unique intelligence.
Human embryonic stem cells swiftly kill themselves in response to DNA damage.
Genes that react to cellular sugar content are regulated by a long non-coding RNA via an unexpected mechanism
From accounts of deformed animals to scratch-and-sniff technology, Robert Boyle's early contributions to the Royal Society of London were prolific and wide ranging.