This could account for some reproducibility problems in cell line research, according to the authors of a comprehensive analysis of HeLa variants.

Scientists at the University of Puerto Rico suffered major setbacks due to damages and delays in repairs, and government austerity measures are adding insult to injury.

Numerous studies link habitat destruction to malaria and other vector-borne diseases, but the relationship isn’t always clear.

Scientists say that increasingly rigorous licensing procedures have complicated research efforts—and in some cases, stopped experiments completely.

A funder-driven push for freely accessible scholarly literature has divided the scientific community.

Since He Jiankui presented his results at last week’s gene editing summit, researchers have raised concerns about his protocol, calling the procedure “amateurish” and “unconscionable.”

Since their discovery in 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells have been poised to reprogram regenerative medicine. Twelve years on, here’s how far they’ve come.

Originally intended for basic neuroscience research, the drugs were ultimately hijacked for illicit recreational use.

Numerous experimental vaccines that aim to provide multi-season protection are in human studies.