A gene responsible for the free-moving, primitive nature of fetal cells is expressed in some breast cancer cells in mice and humans.

Under certain conditions, skin organoids including hair follicles can be generated from mouse pluripotent stem cells, researchers report.

A drug commonly used to treat clinical depression sets its effects in motion by hampering the release of an inhibitory neurotransmitter in mice.

Once implanted into animals’ brains, neural stem cells that secrete microRNA-containing vesicles seem to contribute to an anti-aging effect.

Glowing cells mark the routes of tumor spread by way of newly formed lymph vessels. 

An experimental treatment sacrifices rod cell function to save cone cells in mice, preventing retinal degeneration, researchers report. 

Certain diabetes drugs with antioxidant properties promote metastasis in mice with existing tumors, researchers report.

A low-fiber diet decimated the diversity of bacterial species in mice colonized with human gut microbes in a recent study.

Researchers find evidence to suggest why an enzyme crucial for fighting off malaria infection is linked to a form of lymphoma.