Ambitious projects aim to put dire wolves, woolly mammoths and passenger pigeons back into our ecosystems. But with so many technical and ethical hurdles, what is the real motivation?

Turtles live centuries with almost no cancer. Here’s what researchers found inside their ancient cells — and why it matters ...

Tiny fat bubbles carrying gene therapy have successfully repaired DNA in the lungs and liver of animals with alpha-1 ...

Kansas researchers are monitoring the spread of an invasive tick species that poses a threat to the state’s cattle through a ...

While humans can regularly replace certain cells, like those in our blood and gut, we cannot naturally regrow most other parts of the body. For example, when the tiny sensory hair cells in our inner ...

Over thirty promising, young Utrecht researchers will receive a Veni grant of up to 320,000 euros from the Dutch Research Council (NWO). 1 in 7 Venis went to Utrecht researchers this year.

To print microscopic structures, scientists need to inject a liquid material called a photoresist into the cell. This special ...

The potential for these kinds of machines to reshape computer processing, increase energy efficiency, and revolutionize ...

The cells helps the snakes absorb the bones of their prey — and might show up in other animals that chomp their meals whole.

The membrane-bound organelle appears to play a huge role in helping cells sort, discard, and recycle their contents. It's ...

Scientists have successfully grown over 400 different types of nerve cells from stem cells in the lab—a groundbreaking step ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly simple “tissue code”: five rules that choreograph when, where, and how cells divide, ...