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A more complete understanding of nonrandom segregation will shed light on how speciation occurs.

Political activist and Nobel winner Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin pioneered X-ray crystallography to discover the molecular structures of penicillin and insulin.

Some of the foundational studies in the field were neither ethical by today’s standards nor replicable. But we can do better.

Modification on a high-resolution fluorescent microscopy technique allow researchers to track the precise movements of motor proteins. 

Self-contained synthetic E. coli resistant to viral infection could prove invaluable to the biotechnology industry by increasing product consistency and reducing safety concerns. 

SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers structural changes in the host cell’s DNA, which provide a molecular explanation for long COVID, a new study suggests. 

Researchers find many tumor-specific antigens form when cancer genes and transposable elements link up.

Using a 3D culture system that imitates fatty tissue, researchers developed a simpler process to study mesenchymal stem cell aging and tissue regeneration.

Benedetta Artegiani and Delilah Hendriks formed a joint laboratory group to understand disease mechanisms and treatments through organoid models.

The effect appears to be mediated by a gut-secreted peptide that signals to neurons in the brain that modulate the response to mechanical vibrations.

The Lundbeck Foundation announces an international cohort of neuroscientists have collectively won the €1.3 million Brain Prize.

The authors claim that by preventing the formation of senescent cells, the protein could delay aging, but experts are skeptical.