Researchers have developed a way to program human cells to perform calculations and make autonomous decisions, similar to how ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that one of the body's most fundamental biological processes—how red blood ...

US-based Conception said more work is needed to grow the eggs to full maturity, but called the achievement a 'major ...

(Juan Gartner/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) The human immune system has evolved an incredible ability to fight off ...

The human-made cells show many hallmarks of life, but they can't make all their necessary internal structures or divide for ...

For nearly half a century, scientists have known that malaria parasites force their way into human red blood cells through a ring-shaped structure called the moving junction. What no one could work ...

The biotech startup Conception says the breakthrough has the potential to redefine fertility.

A protein called “Mitch” may hold the key to a new generation of obesity treatments. Researchers found that disabling it in human cells boosts fat burning, increases energy use, and makes it harder ...

Synthetic organizers provide a way to control formation of kidney organoids as more reliable models for studying disease and ...

A California-based company says it has created the world's first early-stage human egg cells from stem cells using lab-grown ...

The mitochondria (center) is part of the cell machinery. (SciePro/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) To properly understand ...

For billions of years, cells have perfected their biological machinery for making proteins, sending signals, and responding ...