There are hundreds of cell types in the human body, each with a specific role spelled out in their DNA. In theory, all it ...

Until now, it has been difficult to maintain retinal ganglion cells deep inside organoids over extended periods. The supply ...

UCSF scientists engineered old fibroblast cells to turn their genes on and off in the same way as young fibroblasts. The old ...

A new single-cell profiling technique has mapped pre-malignant gene mutations and their effects in solid tissues for the ...

Scientists have long known that cellular membranes vary in thickness, but measuring those differences inside actual cells has ...

The way the brain develops can shape us throughout our lives, so neuroscientists are intensely curious about how it happens.

Paleoanthropologists have announced the world's most complete skeleton of Homo habilis, a human ancestor that lived more than ...

There’s this idea that something happens in the human brain when we turn 25. Suddenly, we can rent a car without fees. Make ...