As age increases, the pancreas changes, which increases the risk of metabolic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, digestive ...

By examining genomic variation more closely, scientists can now identify new disease connections with greater speed and accuracy. For centuries, scientists have recognized that certain illnesses can ...

Before cells can divide, they first need to replicate all of their chromosomes, so that each of the daughter cells can ...

The Research Collaboratory for Structural Bioinformatics Protein Data Bank, a global scientific resource based at Rutgers ...

Xylem vessel pits are tiny openings on the cell wall of water-conducting cells—with pit geometry influencing crop yield through its effect on plant hydraulics and nitrogen transport.

Even in death, cells leave a trace. Scientists have discovered a microscopic “Footprint of Death” that not only helps the ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.

Researchers at the Central Institute of Mental Health (CIMH) in Mannheim, together with international partners, have developed patient-derived brain organoids for the first time in order to better ...

A research team from the Medical University of Vienna and the Medical University of Graz has discovered a previously unknown genetic cause of ...

Mitochondria isolated from onions entered lung immune cells in mice and restored their energy balance, revealing an ...

Kenneth J. Breslauer, whose work helped lay the foundation for many of today’s major advances in genetics and precision ...

A person who develops age-related diseases earlier in life, or has other biological changes associated with aging (such as ...