An interdisciplinary team of engineers and surgeons at Penn State have created a new class of biomaterial that can better support tissue regeneration. The material — based on a foam-like compound ...

When a doctor suspects bladder cancer, they will order a series of tests which may include urine tests (urinalysis or urine ...

In this video I invite you to play a quick game of What’s Under My Microscope with me in my classroom. Using a digital microscope, I zoom all the way in on three mystery objects, from easy to hard, ...

Once abundant in California, the white abalone had all but vanished. Now, thanks to an innovative breeding program, it’s staged a remarkable comeback ...

UD developmental biologist studies genetics of jaw joint disorder with NIH funding ...

Background Gut bacteria have been implicated in a wide range of health conditions, yet their potential role in preventing and treating muscle-wasting disorders remains largely unexplored. Objective We ...

A small jellyfish, Turritopsis dohrnii, possesses an extraordinary ability to reverse its aging. When stressed or injured, it transforms back into an earlier life stage. Scientists have mapped its ...

Surgery is not always necessary but can be helpful in some instances. Here’s what the evidence says and what to consider ...

This important work identifies phlda2 as a specific marker for primordial cardiomyocytes in the adult zebrafish heart and demonstrates their essential role in myocardial morphogenesis and coronary ...

This important study demonstrates that a peri-nuclear actomyosin network, present in some types of human cells, facilitates kinetochore-spindle attachment of chromosomes in unfavorable locations - ...

Understanding the connection between behavior and brain cell activity is a major goal of neuroscience. To make progress, ...