By creating personalized brain 'organoids' in the lab, scientists showed how microRNAs impact brain development, and demonstrate how one drug can reverse critical cellular signs of autism.

Researchers studying python intestinal regeneration found pathways similar to humans, offering insights into treating ...

Upon its debut, non-reproductive biomedical applications of synthetic embryos were widely touted. For example, synthetic ...

A new study conducted in roundworms finds that a common plastic ingredient causes breaks in DNA strands, resulting in egg cells with the wrong number of chromosomes.

"Zebrahub" is an atlas of cells in developing zebrafish embryos, and scientists say it will help us learn about our own ...

Insect venom may seem like an unlikely ally in the discovery of new human pain treatments, but the latest findings into the ...

Close to 10% of the Canadian population have been diagnosed with diabetes. The most common form is Type 2, or non-insulin ...

Can the same light that comes from your phones and computers activate special cells that destroy tumors? Researchers at Penn State say yes.

Before he hanged himself — as the Mecklenburg County deputies outside his cell were oblivious to what he was doing — Desmond ...

These warning letters are the latest in a series of FDA efforts to crack down on companies selling birth-tissue-derived ...

Researchers at the University of Freiburg have studied what happens immediately after a stroke in the stem cell niche known as the subventricular zone, using a mouse model. This revealed a mechanism ...