The lab-made organoids are fully functional, the team reports, and could aid the study of vascular-related diseases such as diabetes.

The vesicles promote metastasis after chemotherapy, but the authors say the results shouldn’t alarm patients and may point to ways to improve treatments.

Using CRISPR and other tools, scientists are modifying DNA methylation, histone marks, and other modifiers of gene expression to understand how they affect health and disease.

Children born to moms who smoked or ingested marijuana during pregnancy suffer higher rates of depression, hyperactivity, and inattention.

The scientific community said goodbye to a number of leading researchers this year.

From cellular self-digestion to the effects of exercise on the brain, our features editor picks her favorite art custom-made for the magazine.

During plants’ cell division, mother cells give daughter cells a signal to show them which way is up.

They hope to develop the “exercise hormone” into therapeutics that harness the benefits of exercise for people unable to do so.

The microscopic marine animal Trichoplax adhaerens may use rapid changes in cell shape to avoid being ripped apart by forces in the ocean.