UCR scientists create a fully synthetic model for growing brain cells that could allow for animal-free drug testing.

The most complex engineering of human cell lines ever has been achieved by scientists, revealing that our genomes are more resilient to significant structural changes than was previously thought. The ...

“This is the first detailed study of how and where ORC regulates epigenetics and gene expression in human cells,” said Anindya Dutta, Ph.D., leader of the study and chair of the University of Alabama ...

Every face carries a story, shaped long before birth by a quiet choreography of genes switching on and off at just the right moment. A new study suggests that part of that story reaches far back into ...

In laboratories, some are cultivating human brain cells to transform them into biological circuits for supercomputers—a ...

Scientists have unveiled a groundbreaking preliminary atlas charting the intricate development of brain cells from early ...

Scientists at the University of Osaka have developed a novel hydrogel that enables the efficient, three-dimensional (3D) ...

A study of human astrovirus structure reveals the strategy that the virus uses to enter the body, and illuminates the possibility of repurposing existing, FDA-approved treatments to target astrovirus.

Our attraction to sugar has grown to an unhealthy level. The average person in the United States now consumes more than 100 pounds of the sweet stuff every year, up from 18 pounds in 1800. With new ...