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Cardiac macrophages in newborn mice promoted heart cell proliferation after injury, offering a potential approach to regenerate cardiac tissue in adults.

Science fiction can be valuable in the broader communication ecosystem, bringing science to the public and offering scientists a space to exercise imagination.

Base editing corrected a mutation that causes macular degeneration, highlighting the potential of gene therapy to treat ocular diseases.

The lobate shape of lymphatic endothelial cells puzzled researchers—now they’ve found it helps stabilize lymphatic capillaries against fluid pressure changes.

Drug developers can now leverage large language models to draft regulatory documents, which they hope will shorten the time to market.

A super-resolution microscopy technique offers an unparalleled glimpse into how monoclonal antibodies bind to their targets on cancer cells to induce cell death.

Dead bacteria release an enzyme that breaks down their contents into nutrients for other bacteria, highlighting a novel postmortem biochemical process.

Scientists have long thought that babies can’t form experiential memories. Turns out, they can. Adults just can’t remember them.

Uncover the mysteries of split brain syndrome and how severing brain hemispheres affects consciousness and perception.

A screen of human-infecting viruses identified extensive examples of viral proteins that resembled human sequences, which could trigger autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.

Antibiotics increase the gut oxygen levels and favor growth of harmful fungi. Chemically restoring intestinal gut hypoxia could deter fungal blooms.

The measles virus attacks long-lived immune cells, reducing antibody-mediated protection from other infectious diseases and casting a long shadow of childhood mortality.