The 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded for the development of CRISPR/Cas9, a method also known as "gene scissors," ...

In human cells, there are about 20,000 genes on a two-meter DNA strand—finely coiled up in a nucleus about 10 micrometers in ...

In preclinical models, rat insulinoma‑derived beta‑cell line INS‑1 (INS‑1) cells and mouse islets showed rapid, robust ...

Thanks to in-utero blood transfusion technology, what was once a fatal diagnosis in the womb can now result in live births.

Researchers design elastin-like polypeptides that regulate protein activation by temperature, achieving controlled cell death ...

What makes every person unique? Part of the answer is in our genes.

New research published in Immunity by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh found that, in mice, the toxic tumor ...

Telomere damage drives T cell exhaustion. Antioxidants restored their cancer-fighting strength in mice. Tumor environments place heavy stress on immune cells that fight cancer. Limited oxygen, ...

Excessive alcohol consumption can disrupt the liver's unique regenerative abilities by trapping cells in limbo between their ...

Stanford scientists reversed autism-like behaviors in mice by calming an overactive brain circuit, pointing to future ...