Just as life pulsates in big vibrant cities, it also prospers in crowded environments inside cells. The interior of cells is ...

In his new BBC show, Jim Al-Khalili journeys through hundreds of millions of years of brain evolution. Live Science spoke to ...

For decades, gene-editing science has been limited to making small, precise edits to human DNA, akin to correcting typos in ...

Scientists at Duke University made a groundbreaking discovery. They found pancreatic alpha cells can produce GLP-1. GLP-1 is ...

The prospect of an outbreak of avian influenza among dairy cattle triggering a pandemic in humans is one step closer than ...

For years, the pancreas has been being taught in biology class as an easy system: insulin lowers blood sugar, and glucagon ...

Brain damage caused by blocked blood vessels may be treatable using injections of stem cells, according to a new study by ...

Scientists have mapped underappreciated scaffolding cells in skin, known as fibroblasts. They show for the first time how ...

Lab-grown brain cells improved stroke recovery in mice by repairing circuits and reducing damage. Human trials could follow within 5–7 years.

Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, together with international colleagues, have identified a protein that is crucial for ...

Bayer has started the third phase of human testing of an experimental stem cell therapy for Parkinson's disease, with future ...