Canadian researchers found asthma patients with higher Vitamin A levels had improved lung function.

A prototype cell partly capable of replicating itself has been created using 36 existing bacterial genes, but it's not really a living organism – yet ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell. This breakthrough in synthetic biology could usher in an era of ...

Scientists say they have built a cell from scratch for the first time that can feed, grow and replicate like a natural cell.

Their bodies and their genomes were built in the lab from scratch, each molecule specified precisely. According to John Glass ...

Optogenetic activation of silent VIP inhibitory neurons restores learning and motor function in Huntington's disease models.

From chemical building blocks, scientists have created synthetic cells that have most of the hallmarks of life.

Engineered tissue grafts could help perform key liver functions and benefit thousands of people living with liver failure.

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

Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) does more than infiltrate the lungs: it also transforms lung tissue to create an inflammatory ...

Kathleen Thomas received quite the surprise two weeks after her viral traffic citation was dismissed. Thomas, known online as Katie, is an adaptive athlete who documents her life with a limb ...

Creating artificial systems that mimic the functioning of cells is one of the goals of what is known as synthetic biology. These models, known as synthetic or biomimetic cells, allow some of the basic ...