Synthetic cell SpudCell, the first built from non-living components by University of Minnesota synthetic biologists Kate ...

How many times have you wondered about the Big Bang and theory of how life on Earth as we know it, came to be? Or what the ...

A jellyfish no wider than a dime can do something human skin cannot. When its surface is torn, the wound can close in minutes ...

The laboratory-based work could eventually support the development of cell therapies that activate only when the correct ...

Imagine a simple, everyday foodstuff with a surprising but powerful defense against one of the most serious threats to public ...

For billions of years, cells have perfected their biological machinery for making proteins, sending signals, and responding to their environment. Now scientists are learning how to program some of ...

Scientists built a synthetic cell that combines more lifelike properties than ever before — proof of concept that it’s possible to bring nonliving materials to life, or something close to it, in the ...

Metabolic syndrome is a major global health challenge characterized by a cluster of metabolic and cardiovascular risk factors, including insulin resistance, ...

Abstract: During the past decades, the poration of cell membrane induced by pulsed electric fields has been widely investigated. Since the basic mechanisms of this process have not yet been fully ...

Summary: A new study uncovered a novel biological pathway and a promising therapeutic agent capable of slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.The research reveals that the cellular enzyme GRK2 ...

A team at Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah (the U) has uncovered a previously unrecognized molecular mechanism by which cells send signals to one another—an insight that could help ...

Understanding gene expression within the body has been a boon for 21st century biology and therapeutics, but most discoveries that use these technologies only focus on one organ or one small area of ...