Attached to nearly every human cell is an antenna-like structure known as the primary cilium, which senses the cell's ...

Eukaryotes are organisms whose cells contain a nucleus. From protozoa to human beings, all have the same basic biological mechanism for building, maintaining, and propagating their form of life: a ...

The lab-generated eggs could be fertilized with sperm, but were riddled with chromosomal abnormalities. Most embryos stopped ...

Scientists discover nuclei aren’t the densest part of the cell. Optical imaging shows a surprising balance that may even ...

In a proof-of-concept experiment, scientists demonstrated that you can create and fertilize human eggs in the lab using sperm ...

The discovery of a defensive mechanism could help stop cancer before it spreads. Cancer cells rapidly increase their energy output when physically squeezed, according to a study in Nature ...

People with Alzheimer’s disease are far less likely to develop cancer, and MUSC Hollings Cancer Center researchers may have ...

Researchers from the Freunberger group at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) have unveiled pivotal ...

Eggcelsior! Scientists have made a landmark breakthrough that enables the creation of viable human egg cells from a skin cell, new research claims. The study, published in Nature Communications, ...

While headlines focus on bringing back the woolly mammoth, the most significant impact of this research lies in its immediate ...

"RUBY"—a cost-effective innovation designed to track gene activity—is proving valuable across a range of fields. It all ...

Physicist Arvind Murugan earns Schmidt Science Polymath award for work at intersection of physics, biology, computation and materials science ...