The treatment will be tested in a handful of patients who suffered nerve damage in sports or traffic accidents.

The 90-year-old marine biologist won a Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his isolation of green fluorescent protein.

Without knowing the cells’ mechanism of action, researchers question the best way to administer them to patients.

Unlike judges in the European Union, a government panel in Japan says transgenic modification and genome editing are not the same.

The scientists involved have hired lawyers to fight the conclusions of a recent investigation into some studies of Diovan in Japan.

The studded cells belong to a newly discovered species of water bear, Macrobiotus shonaicus. 

These insect transplants have the potential to wreak economic havoc by outcompeting native insects and destroying crops.

Marine species survived rafting thousands of kilometers on debris swept into the water by the giant wave, scientists say.

Ryoji Noyori is stepping down from his post as the leader of the premier Japanese research institute before his tenure expires.