In a study published in Science, USC researchers paired a biological discovery with an engineering feat to create more ...

The mitochondria (center) is part of the cell machinery. (SciePro/Science Photo Library/Getty Images) To properly understand ...

Female fertility depends on the successful growth and maturation of eggs (oocytes) within ovarian follicles. Within these ...

The mechanical process of cell division exerts powerful, if microscopic, forces. How do the molecular machines that power it ...

Cells can spontaneously change shape even without external signals, but the underlying mechanisms behind this form of ...

Northwestern Medicine scientists have discovered that one of the body's most fundamental biological processes—how red blood ...

Synthetic organizers provide a way to control formation of kidney organoids as more reliable models for studying disease and ...

We’re just beginning to decode this faint optical “signature of life” and what it could reveal about health, disease, and the ...

South Korean researchers have developed an automated, modular cell-free protein synthesis platform that slashes preparation ...

Blind people have been offered fresh hope of seeing again after lab-grown cells restored retinal function in mice. The ...

Cells expressing a protein called p16INK4a, once thought to be associated with aging, have been found to aid tendon ...

Biomedical engineers use iPSCs to grow specialized retinal endothelial cells, successfully regenerating damaged eye blood ...