A pig kidney with one genetic change functioned in a brain-dead human for 61 days, more than doubling previous records.

Scientists were pleased when they learned more about how the common cold gains a foothold in the body, identifying key ...

A single iron-sulfur building block directly determines whether ribosomes—the protein factories of our cells—work smoothly or ...

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Combining the experimental and approved SMA therapies BIO101 and Spinraza in the lab was found to improve muscle function in ...

The authors investigated the epigenetic mechanisms regulating the differentiation of circulating monocytes that infiltrate the CNS and adopt microglia-like characteristics. The work is useful to the ...

A study reveals tthat a ransplant protocol designed by Columbia researchers diminishes rejection in xenotransplantation.

A new study by Professor Ludmilla Aristilde and her team shows how soil microbes steer carbon flow to adapt and create ...

In short, the evidence suggests that like us, animals can experience and respond to the world differently. Some of this will ...

At Hopkins, scientists are working on next-generation versions, not yet ready to try in people. In one lab, they're ...

Down syndrome is caused by an error in cell division during development. Individuals receive three copies of chromosome 21 instead of the typical two copies, resulting in duplicates of the genes ...

Common ancestor eels lost the aquaporin gene encoding proteins with broad solute permeability. Researchers from the Institute ...