Like all complex organisms, every human originates from a single cell that multiplies through countless cell divisions.

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a process that many thought only occurred in children ...

NIH’s SMaHT Network will chart trillions of somatic mutations to reveal how our DNA changes over a lifetime. In a nutshell ...

A study in the journal Science presents compelling new evidence that neurons in the brain's memory center, the hippocampus, ...

Audible sound can affect gene activity in mouse cells, boosting the attachment of muscle precursors to surrounding tissue and ...

University of Virginia scientists discover new cell organelle called "hemifusome" that helps manage cellular recycling.

From the time we are conceived and through old age, genetic mutations accumulate in all our tissues, eluding the body's ...

That extra step, however, might hold a key for better understanding certain genetic conditions, many of which stem from ...

During animal development, cells divide and arrange themselves in a coordinated way, eventually forming the embryo. The cells ...

In this week’s edition of Science for All, Priyali Prakash explains how lunar dust simulants affect human lungs.

The Synthetic Human Genome, or Syn HG, a project launched on June 26th, aims to change that. Funded partly by Wellcome, a ...

The cerebrum, especially the cerebral cortex, has long been thought to be the important part of our brain. However, the ...