Parasites are a major global health problem, underlying many human diseases worldwide. For example, Plasmodium falciparum, ...

Synthetic biologists were tantalized by the idea of making mirror images of microbes. Then things got complicated.

The next surprise was that human organoids just kept growing. Mouse organoids were done with making neurons within nine days.

Some of your most important life partners are the mitochondria that power all your cells. You and these little cellular ...

The patient was bedridden and needed daily blood transfusions, and she had tried nine different therapies that didn't bring ...

A burgeoning field is launching its first clinical trial to find out whether dialing back cell development can safely refresh ...

As more labs have adopted this methodology, they’ve created increasingly complex structures, including interconnected systems ...

An army of flu-fighting immune cells lives on in the nose long after infection.

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” tells the story of an ordinary African-American woman whose cells were taken without ...

After a decade-long quest to fill a major gap in basic biology, UChicago scientists have built a complete map of how cells ...

While some other creatures, most notably salamanders and starfish, can regenerate entire limbs, mammals don’t have this ...