Often described as ‘miracle’ cells, stem cells need to be truly mastered if we’re to use them in medical treatments.

A fatal genetic incompatibility between Neanderthals and modern humans may have hastened the extinction of our ancient ...

Metabolism guides the activation states of regulatory T cells, the immune cells that prevent inappropriate activation of the ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, ...

A new 3D human brain tissue platform developed by MIT researchers is the first to integrate all major brain cell types, including neurons, glial cells and the vasculature into a single culture.

Twenty-month-old Vida Rodriguez is the reason her 7-year-old sister, Alessia, is playing at home — instead of lying in a ...

Researchers at Western and the University of Calgary have discovered how HIV hides in different parts of the body by embedding itself into the DNA of cells in a tissue-specific manner, offering new ...

Scientists have discovered why gray hair and deadly melanoma are connected through the same stem cells that respond to DNA ...

Brain cell signals travel along axons, the thin wire-like extensions of neurons, moving signals along the membrane in a pearl ...

Taiwanese scientists have developed a natural fatty acid serum that triggers rapid hair regrowth by stimulating fat cells, ...