For sexual reproduction to yield healthy offspring, newly generated oocytes—immature egg cells—must receive the correct amount of DNA after cell division. This process of segregating chromosomes ...

Phase 1 dose-escalation advancing as planned, targeting SMARCA4 (BRG1)-mutant cancers with a focus on non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...

An experiment mimicking conditions on the Saturn moon suggests that cell-like bubbles don’t form in methane lakes, puncturing hopes for alien life.

WASHINGTON (TNND) — As tensions rise overseas, some U.S. officials are warning about the potential for so-called “sleeper cell” attacks inside the United States. The term often appears in discussions ...

Scientists simulated an asteroid impact, and Deinococcus radiodurans’ cell membranes made it through. This suggests that life-forms flung into space by violent impacts may have colonized planets and ...

For one, white fat is a powerful endocrine organ, releasing hormones like leptin that reduce appetite, as well as adiponectin, which regulates insulin and blood sugar levels. It also cushions organs, ...

The University of Iowa Health Care Holden Comprehensive Cancer Center has started treating its second patient — the second in the state — with a cellular therapy to fight synovial sarcoma, a rare and ...

A new study led by researchers from VIB and KU Leuven shows that immune cells called microglia can actively promote the formation of plaques in Alzheimer's disease, challenging the long-standing view ...

For patients and doctors alike, the findings offer a hopeful possibility. A simple combination of well‑known vitamins might one day help protect eyesight and slow the progression of a disease that has ...

A common biological surface analysis technique breaks proteins up into smaller molecules that look identical. Reference spectra can help analyze these proteins for understanding diseases and creating ...

A new study has revealed a promising new approach to curb the spread of triple‑negative breast cancer, one of the most aggressive and difficult‑to‑treat forms of the disease.     Published recently in ...

If any organism could survive getting catapulted off the surface of Mars and drifting through interplanetary space, this would be the one. The question was whether it could handle the initial violence ...