The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

Spaceflight makes certain human stem cells age faster, a study finds, furthering the understanding of the possible effects of ...

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

Glucose, nutrients, and oxygen are crucial for normal brain function. Providing the brain with fuel via diet and exercise is ...

Scientists have mapped underappreciated scaffolding cells in skin, known as fibroblasts. They show for the first time how fibroblasts go ‘rogue’ in many different diseases affecting multiple organs – ...

For decades, scientists have known that bacteria can exchange genetic material, in a process called horizontal gene transfer.

New research has identified yet another way that spaceflight tampers with the human body. A study involving samples flown on ...

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

From causing muscle loss to raising the risk of blood clots, long-haul space missions can have a profound impact on the human body.

Researchers at the University of Toronto have discovered that bacteria can drive stem cell regeneration to repair the ...

NASA's AVATAR study will send Emulate organ chips containing human cells on the Artemis II mission to study how deep space ...

A recent scientific breakthrough has seen lab-grown kidneys successfully functioning in a human trial. This promising ...